| The Definitive KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) API Documentation |
| =================================================================== |
| |
| 1. General description |
| ---------------------- |
| |
| The kvm API is a set of ioctls that are issued to control various aspects |
| of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to three classes |
| |
| - System ioctls: These query and set global attributes which affect the |
| whole kvm subsystem. In addition a system ioctl is used to create |
| virtual machines |
| |
| - VM ioctls: These query and set attributes that affect an entire virtual |
| machine, for example memory layout. In addition a VM ioctl is used to |
| create virtual cpus (vcpus). |
| |
| Only run VM ioctls from the same process (address space) that was used |
| to create the VM. |
| |
| - vcpu ioctls: These query and set attributes that control the operation |
| of a single virtual cpu. |
| |
| Only run vcpu ioctls from the same thread that was used to create the |
| vcpu. |
| |
| |
| 2. File descriptors |
| ------------------- |
| |
| The kvm API is centered around file descriptors. An initial |
| open("/dev/kvm") obtains a handle to the kvm subsystem; this handle |
| can be used to issue system ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl on this |
| handle will create a VM file descriptor which can be used to issue VM |
| ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VCPU ioctl on a VM fd will create a virtual cpu |
| and return a file descriptor pointing to it. Finally, ioctls on a vcpu |
| fd can be used to control the vcpu, including the important task of |
| actually running guest code. |
| |
| In general file descriptors can be migrated among processes by means |
| of fork() and the SCM_RIGHTS facility of unix domain socket. These |
| kinds of tricks are explicitly not supported by kvm. While they will |
| not cause harm to the host, their actual behavior is not guaranteed by |
| the API. The only supported use is one virtual machine per process, |
| and one vcpu per thread. |
| |
| |
| 3. Extensions |
| ------------- |
| |
| As of Linux 2.6.22, the KVM ABI has been stabilized: no backward |
| incompatible change are allowed. However, there is an extension |
| facility that allows backward-compatible extensions to the API to be |
| queried and used. |
| |
| The extension mechanism is not based on the Linux version number. |
| Instead, kvm defines extension identifiers and a facility to query |
| whether a particular extension identifier is available. If it is, a |
| set of ioctls is available for application use. |
| |
| |
| 4. API description |
| ------------------ |
| |
| This section describes ioctls that can be used to control kvm guests. |
| For each ioctl, the following information is provided along with a |
| description: |
| |
| Capability: which KVM extension provides this ioctl. Can be 'basic', |
| which means that is will be provided by any kernel that supports |
| API version 12 (see section 4.1), a KVM_CAP_xyz constant, which |
| means availability needs to be checked with KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION |
| (see section 4.4), or 'none' which means that while not all kernels |
| support this ioctl, there's no capability bit to check its |
| availability: for kernels that don't support the ioctl, |
| the ioctl returns -ENOTTY. |
| |
| Architectures: which instruction set architectures provide this ioctl. |
| x86 includes both i386 and x86_64. |
| |
| Type: system, vm, or vcpu. |
| |
| Parameters: what parameters are accepted by the ioctl. |
| |
| Returns: the return value. General error numbers (EBADF, ENOMEM, EINVAL) |
| are not detailed, but errors with specific meanings are. |
| |
| |
| 4.1 KVM_GET_API_VERSION |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: all |
| Type: system ioctl |
| Parameters: none |
| Returns: the constant KVM_API_VERSION (=12) |
| |
| This identifies the API version as the stable kvm API. It is not |
| expected that this number will change. However, Linux 2.6.20 and |
| 2.6.21 report earlier versions; these are not documented and not |
| supported. Applications should refuse to run if KVM_GET_API_VERSION |
| returns a value other than 12. If this check passes, all ioctls |
| described as 'basic' will be available. |
| |
| |
| 4.2 KVM_CREATE_VM |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: all |
| Type: system ioctl |
| Parameters: machine type identifier (KVM_VM_*) |
| Returns: a VM fd that can be used to control the new virtual machine. |
| |
| The new VM has no virtual cpus and no memory. |
| You probably want to use 0 as machine type. |
| |
| In order to create user controlled virtual machines on S390, check |
| KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL and use the flag KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL as |
| privileged user (CAP_SYS_ADMIN). |
| |
| To use hardware assisted virtualization on MIPS (VZ ASE) rather than |
| the default trap & emulate implementation (which changes the virtual |
| memory layout to fit in user mode), check KVM_CAP_MIPS_VZ and use the |
| flag KVM_VM_MIPS_VZ. |
| |
| |
| 4.3 KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST, KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST |
| |
| Capability: basic, KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES for KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: system ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_msr_list (in/out) |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| Errors: |
| EFAULT: the msr index list cannot be read from or written to |
| E2BIG: the msr index list is to be to fit in the array specified by |
| the user. |
| |
| struct kvm_msr_list { |
| __u32 nmsrs; /* number of msrs in entries */ |
| __u32 indices[0]; |
| }; |
| |
| The user fills in the size of the indices array in nmsrs, and in return |
| kvm adjusts nmsrs to reflect the actual number of msrs and fills in the |
| indices array with their numbers. |
| |
| KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST returns the guest msrs that are supported. The list |
| varies by kvm version and host processor, but does not change otherwise. |
| |
| Note: if kvm indicates supports MCE (KVM_CAP_MCE), then the MCE bank MSRs are |
| not returned in the MSR list, as different vcpus can have a different number |
| of banks, as set via the KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE ioctl. |
| |
| KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST returns the list of MSRs that can be passed |
| to the KVM_GET_MSRS system ioctl. This lets userspace probe host capabilities |
| and processor features that are exposed via MSRs (e.g., VMX capabilities). |
| This list also varies by kvm version and host processor, but does not change |
| otherwise. |
| |
| |
| 4.4 KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION |
| |
| Capability: basic, KVM_CAP_CHECK_EXTENSION_VM for vm ioctl |
| Architectures: all |
| Type: system ioctl, vm ioctl |
| Parameters: extension identifier (KVM_CAP_*) |
| Returns: 0 if unsupported; 1 (or some other positive integer) if supported |
| |
| The API allows the application to query about extensions to the core |
| kvm API. Userspace passes an extension identifier (an integer) and |
| receives an integer that describes the extension availability. |
| Generally 0 means no and 1 means yes, but some extensions may report |
| additional information in the integer return value. |
| |
| Based on their initialization different VMs may have different capabilities. |
| It is thus encouraged to use the vm ioctl to query for capabilities (available |
| with KVM_CAP_CHECK_EXTENSION_VM on the vm fd) |
| |
| 4.5 KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: all |
| Type: system ioctl |
| Parameters: none |
| Returns: size of vcpu mmap area, in bytes |
| |
| The KVM_RUN ioctl (cf.) communicates with userspace via a shared |
| memory region. This ioctl returns the size of that region. See the |
| KVM_RUN documentation for details. |
| |
| |
| 4.6 KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: all |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_memory_region (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| This ioctl is obsolete and has been removed. |
| |
| |
| 4.7 KVM_CREATE_VCPU |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: all |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: vcpu id (apic id on x86) |
| Returns: vcpu fd on success, -1 on error |
| |
| This API adds a vcpu to a virtual machine. No more than max_vcpus may be added. |
| The vcpu id is an integer in the range [0, max_vcpu_id). |
| |
| The recommended max_vcpus value can be retrieved using the KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS of |
| the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl() at run-time. |
| The maximum possible value for max_vcpus can be retrieved using the |
| KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS of the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl() at run-time. |
| |
| If the KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS does not exist, you should assume that max_vcpus is 4 |
| cpus max. |
| If the KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS does not exist, you should assume that max_vcpus is |
| same as the value returned from KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS. |
| |
| The maximum possible value for max_vcpu_id can be retrieved using the |
| KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID of the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl() at run-time. |
| |
| If the KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID does not exist, you should assume that max_vcpu_id |
| is the same as the value returned from KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS. |
| |
| On powerpc using book3s_hv mode, the vcpus are mapped onto virtual |
| threads in one or more virtual CPU cores. (This is because the |
| hardware requires all the hardware threads in a CPU core to be in the |
| same partition.) The KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT capability indicates the number |
| of vcpus per virtual core (vcore). The vcore id is obtained by |
| dividing the vcpu id by the number of vcpus per vcore. The vcpus in a |
| given vcore will always be in the same physical core as each other |
| (though that might be a different physical core from time to time). |
| Userspace can control the threading (SMT) mode of the guest by its |
| allocation of vcpu ids. For example, if userspace wants |
| single-threaded guest vcpus, it should make all vcpu ids be a multiple |
| of the number of vcpus per vcore. |
| |
| For virtual cpus that have been created with S390 user controlled virtual |
| machines, the resulting vcpu fd can be memory mapped at page offset |
| KVM_S390_SIE_PAGE_OFFSET in order to obtain a memory map of the virtual |
| cpu's hardware control block. |
| |
| |
| 4.8 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl) |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_dirty_log (in/out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| /* for KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG */ |
| struct kvm_dirty_log { |
| __u32 slot; |
| __u32 padding; |
| union { |
| void __user *dirty_bitmap; /* one bit per page */ |
| __u64 padding; |
| }; |
| }; |
| |
| Given a memory slot, return a bitmap containing any pages dirtied |
| since the last call to this ioctl. Bit 0 is the first page in the |
| memory slot. Ensure the entire structure is cleared to avoid padding |
| issues. |
| |
| If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 specifies |
| the address space for which you want to return the dirty bitmap. |
| They must be less than the value that KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION returns for |
| the KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE capability. |
| |
| |
| 4.9 KVM_SET_MEMORY_ALIAS |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_memory_alias (in) |
| Returns: 0 (success), -1 (error) |
| |
| This ioctl is obsolete and has been removed. |
| |
| |
| 4.10 KVM_RUN |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: all |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: none |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| Errors: |
| EINTR: an unmasked signal is pending |
| |
| This ioctl is used to run a guest virtual cpu. While there are no |
| explicit parameters, there is an implicit parameter block that can be |
| obtained by mmap()ing the vcpu fd at offset 0, with the size given by |
| KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE. The parameter block is formatted as a 'struct |
| kvm_run' (see below). |
| |
| |
| 4.11 KVM_GET_REGS |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: all except ARM, arm64 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_regs (out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Reads the general purpose registers from the vcpu. |
| |
| /* x86 */ |
| struct kvm_regs { |
| /* out (KVM_GET_REGS) / in (KVM_SET_REGS) */ |
| __u64 rax, rbx, rcx, rdx; |
| __u64 rsi, rdi, rsp, rbp; |
| __u64 r8, r9, r10, r11; |
| __u64 r12, r13, r14, r15; |
| __u64 rip, rflags; |
| }; |
| |
| /* mips */ |
| struct kvm_regs { |
| /* out (KVM_GET_REGS) / in (KVM_SET_REGS) */ |
| __u64 gpr[32]; |
| __u64 hi; |
| __u64 lo; |
| __u64 pc; |
| }; |
| |
| |
| 4.12 KVM_SET_REGS |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: all except ARM, arm64 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_regs (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Writes the general purpose registers into the vcpu. |
| |
| See KVM_GET_REGS for the data structure. |
| |
| |
| 4.13 KVM_GET_SREGS |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: x86, ppc |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_sregs (out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Reads special registers from the vcpu. |
| |
| /* x86 */ |
| struct kvm_sregs { |
| struct kvm_segment cs, ds, es, fs, gs, ss; |
| struct kvm_segment tr, ldt; |
| struct kvm_dtable gdt, idt; |
| __u64 cr0, cr2, cr3, cr4, cr8; |
| __u64 efer; |
| __u64 apic_base; |
| __u64 interrupt_bitmap[(KVM_NR_INTERRUPTS + 63) / 64]; |
| }; |
| |
| /* ppc -- see arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h */ |
| |
| interrupt_bitmap is a bitmap of pending external interrupts. At most |
| one bit may be set. This interrupt has been acknowledged by the APIC |
| but not yet injected into the cpu core. |
| |
| |
| 4.14 KVM_SET_SREGS |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: x86, ppc |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_sregs (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Writes special registers into the vcpu. See KVM_GET_SREGS for the |
| data structures. |
| |
| |
| 4.15 KVM_TRANSLATE |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_translation (in/out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Translates a virtual address according to the vcpu's current address |
| translation mode. |
| |
| struct kvm_translation { |
| /* in */ |
| __u64 linear_address; |
| |
| /* out */ |
| __u64 physical_address; |
| __u8 valid; |
| __u8 writeable; |
| __u8 usermode; |
| __u8 pad[5]; |
| }; |
| |
| |
| 4.16 KVM_INTERRUPT |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: x86, ppc, mips |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_interrupt (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, negative on failure. |
| |
| Queues a hardware interrupt vector to be injected. |
| |
| /* for KVM_INTERRUPT */ |
| struct kvm_interrupt { |
| /* in */ |
| __u32 irq; |
| }; |
| |
| X86: |
| |
| Returns: 0 on success, |
| -EEXIST if an interrupt is already enqueued |
| -EINVAL the the irq number is invalid |
| -ENXIO if the PIC is in the kernel |
| -EFAULT if the pointer is invalid |
| |
| Note 'irq' is an interrupt vector, not an interrupt pin or line. This |
| ioctl is useful if the in-kernel PIC is not used. |
| |
| PPC: |
| |
| Queues an external interrupt to be injected. This ioctl is overleaded |
| with 3 different irq values: |
| |
| a) KVM_INTERRUPT_SET |
| |
| This injects an edge type external interrupt into the guest once it's ready |
| to receive interrupts. When injected, the interrupt is done. |
| |
| b) KVM_INTERRUPT_UNSET |
| |
| This unsets any pending interrupt. |
| |
| Only available with KVM_CAP_PPC_UNSET_IRQ. |
| |
| c) KVM_INTERRUPT_SET_LEVEL |
| |
| This injects a level type external interrupt into the guest context. The |
| interrupt stays pending until a specific ioctl with KVM_INTERRUPT_UNSET |
| is triggered. |
| |
| Only available with KVM_CAP_PPC_IRQ_LEVEL. |
| |
| Note that any value for 'irq' other than the ones stated above is invalid |
| and incurs unexpected behavior. |
| |
| MIPS: |
| |
| Queues an external interrupt to be injected into the virtual CPU. A negative |
| interrupt number dequeues the interrupt. |
| |
| |
| 4.17 KVM_DEBUG_GUEST |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: none |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: none) |
| Returns: -1 on error |
| |
| Support for this has been removed. Use KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG instead. |
| |
| |
| 4.18 KVM_GET_MSRS |
| |
| Capability: basic (vcpu), KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES (system) |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: system ioctl, vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_msrs (in/out) |
| Returns: number of msrs successfully returned; |
| -1 on error |
| |
| When used as a system ioctl: |
| Reads the values of MSR-based features that are available for the VM. This |
| is similar to KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID, but it returns MSR indices and values. |
| The list of msr-based features can be obtained using KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST |
| in a system ioctl. |
| |
| When used as a vcpu ioctl: |
| Reads model-specific registers from the vcpu. Supported msr indices can |
| be obtained using KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST in a system ioctl. |
| |
| struct kvm_msrs { |
| __u32 nmsrs; /* number of msrs in entries */ |
| __u32 pad; |
| |
| struct kvm_msr_entry entries[0]; |
| }; |
| |
| struct kvm_msr_entry { |
| __u32 index; |
| __u32 reserved; |
| __u64 data; |
| }; |
| |
| Application code should set the 'nmsrs' member (which indicates the |
| size of the entries array) and the 'index' member of each array entry. |
| kvm will fill in the 'data' member. |
| |
| |
| 4.19 KVM_SET_MSRS |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_msrs (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Writes model-specific registers to the vcpu. See KVM_GET_MSRS for the |
| data structures. |
| |
| Application code should set the 'nmsrs' member (which indicates the |
| size of the entries array), and the 'index' and 'data' members of each |
| array entry. |
| |
| |
| 4.20 KVM_SET_CPUID |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_cpuid (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Defines the vcpu responses to the cpuid instruction. Applications |
| should use the KVM_SET_CPUID2 ioctl if available. |
| |
| |
| struct kvm_cpuid_entry { |
| __u32 function; |
| __u32 eax; |
| __u32 ebx; |
| __u32 ecx; |
| __u32 edx; |
| __u32 padding; |
| }; |
| |
| /* for KVM_SET_CPUID */ |
| struct kvm_cpuid { |
| __u32 nent; |
| __u32 padding; |
| struct kvm_cpuid_entry entries[0]; |
| }; |
| |
| |
| 4.21 KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: all |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_signal_mask (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Defines which signals are blocked during execution of KVM_RUN. This |
| signal mask temporarily overrides the threads signal mask. Any |
| unblocked signal received (except SIGKILL and SIGSTOP, which retain |
| their traditional behaviour) will cause KVM_RUN to return with -EINTR. |
| |
| Note the signal will only be delivered if not blocked by the original |
| signal mask. |
| |
| /* for KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK */ |
| struct kvm_signal_mask { |
| __u32 len; |
| __u8 sigset[0]; |
| }; |
| |
| |
| 4.22 KVM_GET_FPU |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_fpu (out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Reads the floating point state from the vcpu. |
| |
| /* for KVM_GET_FPU and KVM_SET_FPU */ |
| struct kvm_fpu { |
| __u8 fpr[8][16]; |
| __u16 fcw; |
| __u16 fsw; |
| __u8 ftwx; /* in fxsave format */ |
| __u8 pad1; |
| __u16 last_opcode; |
| __u64 last_ip; |
| __u64 last_dp; |
| __u8 xmm[16][16]; |
| __u32 mxcsr; |
| __u32 pad2; |
| }; |
| |
| |
| 4.23 KVM_SET_FPU |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_fpu (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Writes the floating point state to the vcpu. |
| |
| /* for KVM_GET_FPU and KVM_SET_FPU */ |
| struct kvm_fpu { |
| __u8 fpr[8][16]; |
| __u16 fcw; |
| __u16 fsw; |
| __u8 ftwx; /* in fxsave format */ |
| __u8 pad1; |
| __u16 last_opcode; |
| __u64 last_ip; |
| __u64 last_dp; |
| __u8 xmm[16][16]; |
| __u32 mxcsr; |
| __u32 pad2; |
| }; |
| |
| |
| 4.24 KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP, KVM_CAP_S390_IRQCHIP (s390) |
| Architectures: x86, ARM, arm64, s390 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: none |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Creates an interrupt controller model in the kernel. |
| On x86, creates a virtual ioapic, a virtual PIC (two PICs, nested), and sets up |
| future vcpus to have a local APIC. IRQ routing for GSIs 0-15 is set to both |
| PIC and IOAPIC; GSI 16-23 only go to the IOAPIC. |
| On ARM/arm64, a GICv2 is created. Any other GIC versions require the usage of |
| KVM_CREATE_DEVICE, which also supports creating a GICv2. Using |
| KVM_CREATE_DEVICE is preferred over KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for GICv2. |
| On s390, a dummy irq routing table is created. |
| |
| Note that on s390 the KVM_CAP_S390_IRQCHIP vm capability needs to be enabled |
| before KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP can be used. |
| |
| |
| 4.25 KVM_IRQ_LINE |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP |
| Architectures: x86, arm, arm64 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_irq_level |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Sets the level of a GSI input to the interrupt controller model in the kernel. |
| On some architectures it is required that an interrupt controller model has |
| been previously created with KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Note that edge-triggered |
| interrupts require the level to be set to 1 and then back to 0. |
| |
| On real hardware, interrupt pins can be active-low or active-high. This |
| does not matter for the level field of struct kvm_irq_level: 1 always |
| means active (asserted), 0 means inactive (deasserted). |
| |
| x86 allows the operating system to program the interrupt polarity |
| (active-low/active-high) for level-triggered interrupts, and KVM used |
| to consider the polarity. However, due to bitrot in the handling of |
| active-low interrupts, the above convention is now valid on x86 too. |
| This is signaled by KVM_CAP_X86_IOAPIC_POLARITY_IGNORED. Userspace |
| should not present interrupts to the guest as active-low unless this |
| capability is present (or unless it is not using the in-kernel irqchip, |
| of course). |
| |
| |
| ARM/arm64 can signal an interrupt either at the CPU level, or at the |
| in-kernel irqchip (GIC), and for in-kernel irqchip can tell the GIC to |
| use PPIs designated for specific cpus. The irq field is interpreted |
| like this: |
| |
| Â bits: | 31 ... 24 | 23 ... 16 | 15 ... 0 | |
| field: | irq_type | vcpu_index | irq_id | |
| |
| The irq_type field has the following values: |
| - irq_type[0]: out-of-kernel GIC: irq_id 0 is IRQ, irq_id 1 is FIQ |
| - irq_type[1]: in-kernel GIC: SPI, irq_id between 32 and 1019 (incl.) |
| (the vcpu_index field is ignored) |
| - irq_type[2]: in-kernel GIC: PPI, irq_id between 16 and 31 (incl.) |
| |
| (The irq_id field thus corresponds nicely to the IRQ ID in the ARM GIC specs) |
| |
| In both cases, level is used to assert/deassert the line. |
| |
| struct kvm_irq_level { |
| union { |
| __u32 irq; /* GSI */ |
| __s32 status; /* not used for KVM_IRQ_LEVEL */ |
| }; |
| __u32 level; /* 0 or 1 */ |
| }; |
| |
| |
| 4.26 KVM_GET_IRQCHIP |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_irqchip (in/out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Reads the state of a kernel interrupt controller created with |
| KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP into a buffer provided by the caller. |
| |
| struct kvm_irqchip { |
| __u32 chip_id; /* 0 = PIC1, 1 = PIC2, 2 = IOAPIC */ |
| __u32 pad; |
| union { |
| char dummy[512]; /* reserving space */ |
| struct kvm_pic_state pic; |
| struct kvm_ioapic_state ioapic; |
| } chip; |
| }; |
| |
| |
| 4.27 KVM_SET_IRQCHIP |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_irqchip (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Sets the state of a kernel interrupt controller created with |
| KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP from a buffer provided by the caller. |
| |
| struct kvm_irqchip { |
| __u32 chip_id; /* 0 = PIC1, 1 = PIC2, 2 = IOAPIC */ |
| __u32 pad; |
| union { |
| char dummy[512]; /* reserving space */ |
| struct kvm_pic_state pic; |
| struct kvm_ioapic_state ioapic; |
| } chip; |
| }; |
| |
| |
| 4.28 KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_xen_hvm_config (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Sets the MSR that the Xen HVM guest uses to initialize its hypercall |
| page, and provides the starting address and size of the hypercall |
| blobs in userspace. When the guest writes the MSR, kvm copies one |
| page of a blob (32- or 64-bit, depending on the vcpu mode) to guest |
| memory. |
| |
| struct kvm_xen_hvm_config { |
| __u32 flags; |
| __u32 msr; |
| __u64 blob_addr_32; |
| __u64 blob_addr_64; |
| __u8 blob_size_32; |
| __u8 blob_size_64; |
| __u8 pad2[30]; |
| }; |
| |
| |
| 4.29 KVM_GET_CLOCK |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_clock_data (out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Gets the current timestamp of kvmclock as seen by the current guest. In |
| conjunction with KVM_SET_CLOCK, it is used to ensure monotonicity on scenarios |
| such as migration. |
| |
| When KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK is passed to KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, it returns the |
| set of bits that KVM can return in struct kvm_clock_data's flag member. |
| |
| The only flag defined now is KVM_CLOCK_TSC_STABLE. If set, the returned |
| value is the exact kvmclock value seen by all VCPUs at the instant |
| when KVM_GET_CLOCK was called. If clear, the returned value is simply |
| CLOCK_MONOTONIC plus a constant offset; the offset can be modified |
| with KVM_SET_CLOCK. KVM will try to make all VCPUs follow this clock, |
| but the exact value read by each VCPU could differ, because the host |
| TSC is not stable. |
| |
| struct kvm_clock_data { |
| __u64 clock; /* kvmclock current value */ |
| __u32 flags; |
| __u32 pad[9]; |
| }; |
| |
| |
| 4.30 KVM_SET_CLOCK |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_clock_data (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Sets the current timestamp of kvmclock to the value specified in its parameter. |
| In conjunction with KVM_GET_CLOCK, it is used to ensure monotonicity on scenarios |
| such as migration. |
| |
| struct kvm_clock_data { |
| __u64 clock; /* kvmclock current value */ |
| __u32 flags; |
| __u32 pad[9]; |
| }; |
| |
| |
| 4.31 KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_VCPU_EVENTS |
| Extended by: KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_event (out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Gets currently pending exceptions, interrupts, and NMIs as well as related |
| states of the vcpu. |
| |
| struct kvm_vcpu_events { |
| struct { |
| __u8 injected; |
| __u8 nr; |
| __u8 has_error_code; |
| __u8 pad; |
| __u32 error_code; |
| } exception; |
| struct { |
| __u8 injected; |
| __u8 nr; |
| __u8 soft; |
| __u8 shadow; |
| } interrupt; |
| struct { |
| __u8 injected; |
| __u8 pending; |
| __u8 masked; |
| __u8 pad; |
| } nmi; |
| __u32 sipi_vector; |
| __u32 flags; |
| struct { |
| __u8 smm; |
| __u8 pending; |
| __u8 smm_inside_nmi; |
| __u8 latched_init; |
| } smi; |
| }; |
| |
| Only two fields are defined in the flags field: |
| |
| - KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW may be set in the flags field to signal that |
| interrupt.shadow contains a valid state. |
| |
| - KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SMM may be set in the flags field to signal that |
| smi contains a valid state. |
| |
| 4.32 KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_VCPU_EVENTS |
| Extended by: KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_event (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Set pending exceptions, interrupts, and NMIs as well as related states of the |
| vcpu. |
| |
| See KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS for the data structure. |
| |
| Fields that may be modified asynchronously by running VCPUs can be excluded |
| from the update. These fields are nmi.pending, sipi_vector, smi.smm, |
| smi.pending. Keep the corresponding bits in the flags field cleared to |
| suppress overwriting the current in-kernel state. The bits are: |
| |
| KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_NMI_PENDING - transfer nmi.pending to the kernel |
| KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SIPI_VECTOR - transfer sipi_vector |
| KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SMM - transfer the smi sub-struct. |
| |
| If KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW is available, KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW can be set in |
| the flags field to signal that interrupt.shadow contains a valid state and |
| shall be written into the VCPU. |
| |
| KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SMM can only be set if KVM_CAP_X86_SMM is available. |
| |
| |
| 4.33 KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_debugregs (out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Reads debug registers from the vcpu. |
| |
| struct kvm_debugregs { |
| __u64 db[4]; |
| __u64 dr6; |
| __u64 dr7; |
| __u64 flags; |
| __u64 reserved[9]; |
| }; |
| |
| |
| 4.34 KVM_SET_DEBUGREGS |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_debugregs (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Writes debug registers into the vcpu. |
| |
| See KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS for the data structure. The flags field is unused |
| yet and must be cleared on entry. |
| |
| |
| 4.35 KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_USER_MEM |
| Architectures: all |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_userspace_memory_region (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| struct kvm_userspace_memory_region { |
| __u32 slot; |
| __u32 flags; |
| __u64 guest_phys_addr; |
| __u64 memory_size; /* bytes */ |
| __u64 userspace_addr; /* start of the userspace allocated memory */ |
| }; |
| |
| /* for kvm_memory_region::flags */ |
| #define KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES (1UL << 0) |
| #define KVM_MEM_READONLY (1UL << 1) |
| |
| This ioctl allows the user to create or modify a guest physical memory |
| slot. When changing an existing slot, it may be moved in the guest |
| physical memory space, or its flags may be modified. It may not be |
| resized. Slots may not overlap in guest physical address space. |
| Bits 0-15 of "slot" specifies the slot id and this value should be |
| less than the maximum number of user memory slots supported per VM. |
| The maximum allowed slots can be queried using KVM_CAP_NR_MEMSLOTS, |
| if this capability is supported by the architecture. |
| |
| If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 of "slot" |
| specifies the address space which is being modified. They must be |
| less than the value that KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION returns for the |
| KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE capability. Slots in separate address spaces |
| are unrelated; the restriction on overlapping slots only applies within |
| each address space. |
| |
| Memory for the region is taken starting at the address denoted by the |
| field userspace_addr, which must point at user addressable memory for |
| the entire memory slot size. Any object may back this memory, including |
| anonymous memory, ordinary files, and hugetlbfs. |
| |
| It is recommended that the lower 21 bits of guest_phys_addr and userspace_addr |
| be identical. This allows large pages in the guest to be backed by large |
| pages in the host. |
| |
| The flags field supports two flags: KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES and |
| KVM_MEM_READONLY. The former can be set to instruct KVM to keep track of |
| writes to memory within the slot. See KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl to know how to |
| use it. The latter can be set, if KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM capability allows it, |
| to make a new slot read-only. In this case, writes to this memory will be |
| posted to userspace as KVM_EXIT_MMIO exits. |
| |
| When the KVM_CAP_SYNC_MMU capability is available, changes in the backing of |
| the memory region are automatically reflected into the guest. For example, an |
| mmap() that affects the region will be made visible immediately. Another |
| example is madvise(MADV_DROP). |
| |
| It is recommended to use this API instead of the KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION ioctl. |
| The KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION does not allow fine grained control over memory |
| allocation and is deprecated. |
| |
| |
| 4.36 KVM_SET_TSS_ADDR |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_TSS_ADDR |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: unsigned long tss_address (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| This ioctl defines the physical address of a three-page region in the guest |
| physical address space. The region must be within the first 4GB of the |
| guest physical address space and must not conflict with any memory slot |
| or any mmio address. The guest may malfunction if it accesses this memory |
| region. |
| |
| This ioctl is required on Intel-based hosts. This is needed on Intel hardware |
| because of a quirk in the virtualization implementation (see the internals |
| documentation when it pops into existence). |
| |
| |
| 4.37 KVM_ENABLE_CAP |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP, KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP_VM |
| Architectures: x86 (only KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP_VM), |
| mips (only KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP), ppc, s390 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl, vm ioctl (with KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP_VM) |
| Parameters: struct kvm_enable_cap (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| |
| +Not all extensions are enabled by default. Using this ioctl the application |
| can enable an extension, making it available to the guest. |
| |
| On systems that do not support this ioctl, it always fails. On systems that |
| do support it, it only works for extensions that are supported for enablement. |
| |
| To check if a capability can be enabled, the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl should |
| be used. |
| |
| struct kvm_enable_cap { |
| /* in */ |
| __u32 cap; |
| |
| The capability that is supposed to get enabled. |
| |
| __u32 flags; |
| |
| A bitfield indicating future enhancements. Has to be 0 for now. |
| |
| __u64 args[4]; |
| |
| Arguments for enabling a feature. If a feature needs initial values to |
| function properly, this is the place to put them. |
| |
| __u8 pad[64]; |
| }; |
| |
| The vcpu ioctl should be used for vcpu-specific capabilities, the vm ioctl |
| for vm-wide capabilities. |
| |
| 4.38 KVM_GET_MP_STATE |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE |
| Architectures: x86, s390, arm, arm64 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_mp_state (out) |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| |
| struct kvm_mp_state { |
| __u32 mp_state; |
| }; |
| |
| Returns the vcpu's current "multiprocessing state" (though also valid on |
| uniprocessor guests). |
| |
| Possible values are: |
| |
| - KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE: the vcpu is currently running [x86,arm/arm64] |
| - KVM_MP_STATE_UNINITIALIZED: the vcpu is an application processor (AP) |
| which has not yet received an INIT signal [x86] |
| - KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED: the vcpu has received an INIT signal, and is |
| now ready for a SIPI [x86] |
| - KVM_MP_STATE_HALTED: the vcpu has executed a HLT instruction and |
| is waiting for an interrupt [x86] |
| - KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED: the vcpu has just received a SIPI (vector |
| accessible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS) [x86] |
| - KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED: the vcpu is stopped [s390,arm/arm64] |
| - KVM_MP_STATE_CHECK_STOP: the vcpu is in a special error state [s390] |
| - KVM_MP_STATE_OPERATING: the vcpu is operating (running or halted) |
| [s390] |
| - KVM_MP_STATE_LOAD: the vcpu is in a special load/startup state |
| [s390] |
| |
| On x86, this ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an |
| in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace on |
| these architectures. |
| |
| For arm/arm64: |
| |
| The only states that are valid are KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED and |
| KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE which reflect if the vcpu is paused or not. |
| |
| 4.39 KVM_SET_MP_STATE |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE |
| Architectures: x86, s390, arm, arm64 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_mp_state (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| |
| Sets the vcpu's current "multiprocessing state"; see KVM_GET_MP_STATE for |
| arguments. |
| |
| On x86, this ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an |
| in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace on |
| these architectures. |
| |
| For arm/arm64: |
| |
| The only states that are valid are KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED and |
| KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE which reflect if the vcpu should be paused or not. |
| |
| 4.40 KVM_SET_IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: unsigned long identity (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| This ioctl defines the physical address of a one-page region in the guest |
| physical address space. The region must be within the first 4GB of the |
| guest physical address space and must not conflict with any memory slot |
| or any mmio address. The guest may malfunction if it accesses this memory |
| region. |
| |
| Setting the address to 0 will result in resetting the address to its default |
| (0xfffbc000). |
| |
| This ioctl is required on Intel-based hosts. This is needed on Intel hardware |
| because of a quirk in the virtualization implementation (see the internals |
| documentation when it pops into existence). |
| |
| Fails if any VCPU has already been created. |
| |
| 4.41 KVM_SET_BOOT_CPU_ID |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_BOOT_CPU_ID |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: unsigned long vcpu_id |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Define which vcpu is the Bootstrap Processor (BSP). Values are the same |
| as the vcpu id in KVM_CREATE_VCPU. If this ioctl is not called, the default |
| is vcpu 0. |
| |
| |
| 4.42 KVM_GET_XSAVE |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_XSAVE |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_xsave (out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| struct kvm_xsave { |
| __u32 region[1024]; |
| }; |
| |
| This ioctl would copy current vcpu's xsave struct to the userspace. |
| |
| |
| 4.43 KVM_SET_XSAVE |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_XSAVE |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_xsave (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| struct kvm_xsave { |
| __u32 region[1024]; |
| }; |
| |
| This ioctl would copy userspace's xsave struct to the kernel. |
| |
| |
| 4.44 KVM_GET_XCRS |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_XCRS |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_xcrs (out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| struct kvm_xcr { |
| __u32 xcr; |
| __u32 reserved; |
| __u64 value; |
| }; |
| |
| struct kvm_xcrs { |
| __u32 nr_xcrs; |
| __u32 flags; |
| struct kvm_xcr xcrs[KVM_MAX_XCRS]; |
| __u64 padding[16]; |
| }; |
| |
| This ioctl would copy current vcpu's xcrs to the userspace. |
| |
| |
| 4.45 KVM_SET_XCRS |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_XCRS |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_xcrs (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| struct kvm_xcr { |
| __u32 xcr; |
| __u32 reserved; |
| __u64 value; |
| }; |
| |
| struct kvm_xcrs { |
| __u32 nr_xcrs; |
| __u32 flags; |
| struct kvm_xcr xcrs[KVM_MAX_XCRS]; |
| __u64 padding[16]; |
| }; |
| |
| This ioctl would set vcpu's xcr to the value userspace specified. |
| |
| |
| 4.46 KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_EXT_CPUID |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: system ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_cpuid2 (in/out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| struct kvm_cpuid2 { |
| __u32 nent; |
| __u32 padding; |
| struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 entries[0]; |
| }; |
| |
| #define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX BIT(0) |
| #define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC BIT(1) |
| #define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT BIT(2) |
| |
| struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 { |
| __u32 function; |
| __u32 index; |
| __u32 flags; |
| __u32 eax; |
| __u32 ebx; |
| __u32 ecx; |
| __u32 edx; |
| __u32 padding[3]; |
| }; |
| |
| This ioctl returns x86 cpuid features which are supported by both the hardware |
| and kvm. Userspace can use the information returned by this ioctl to |
| construct cpuid information (for KVM_SET_CPUID2) that is consistent with |
| hardware, kernel, and userspace capabilities, and with user requirements (for |
| example, the user may wish to constrain cpuid to emulate older hardware, |
| or for feature consistency across a cluster). |
| |
| Userspace invokes KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID by passing a kvm_cpuid2 structure |
| with the 'nent' field indicating the number of entries in the variable-size |
| array 'entries'. If the number of entries is too low to describe the cpu |
| capabilities, an error (E2BIG) is returned. If the number is too high, |
| the 'nent' field is adjusted and an error (ENOMEM) is returned. If the |
| number is just right, the 'nent' field is adjusted to the number of valid |
| entries in the 'entries' array, which is then filled. |
| |
| The entries returned are the host cpuid as returned by the cpuid instruction, |
| with unknown or unsupported features masked out. Some features (for example, |
| x2apic), may not be present in the host cpu, but are exposed by kvm if it can |
| emulate them efficiently. The fields in each entry are defined as follows: |
| |
| function: the eax value used to obtain the entry |
| index: the ecx value used to obtain the entry (for entries that are |
| affected by ecx) |
| flags: an OR of zero or more of the following: |
| KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX: |
| if the index field is valid |
| KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC: |
| if cpuid for this function returns different values for successive |
| invocations; there will be several entries with the same function, |
| all with this flag set |
| KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT: |
| for KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC entries, set if this entry is |
| the first entry to be read by a cpu |
| eax, ebx, ecx, edx: the values returned by the cpuid instruction for |
| this function/index combination |
| |
| The TSC deadline timer feature (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[24]) is always returned |
| as false, since the feature depends on KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for local APIC |
| support. Instead it is reported via |
| |
| ioctl(KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER) |
| |
| if that returns true and you use KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, or if you emulate the |
| feature in userspace, then you can enable the feature for KVM_SET_CPUID2. |
| |
| |
| 4.47 KVM_PPC_GET_PVINFO |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_GET_PVINFO |
| Architectures: ppc |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_pvinfo (out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, !0 on error |
| |
| struct kvm_ppc_pvinfo { |
| __u32 flags; |
| __u32 hcall[4]; |
| __u8 pad[108]; |
| }; |
| |
| This ioctl fetches PV specific information that need to be passed to the guest |
| using the device tree or other means from vm context. |
| |
| The hcall array defines 4 instructions that make up a hypercall. |
| |
| If any additional field gets added to this structure later on, a bit for that |
| additional piece of information will be set in the flags bitmap. |
| |
| The flags bitmap is defined as: |
| |
| /* the host supports the ePAPR idle hcall |
| #define KVM_PPC_PVINFO_FLAGS_EV_IDLE (1<<0) |
| |
| 4.52 KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING |
| Architectures: x86 s390 arm arm64 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_irq_routing (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Sets the GSI routing table entries, overwriting any previously set entries. |
| |
| On arm/arm64, GSI routing has the following limitation: |
| - GSI routing does not apply to KVM_IRQ_LINE but only to KVM_IRQFD. |
| |
| struct kvm_irq_routing { |
| __u32 nr; |
| __u32 flags; |
| struct kvm_irq_routing_entry entries[0]; |
| }; |
| |
| No flags are specified so far, the corresponding field must be set to zero. |
| |
| struct kvm_irq_routing_entry { |
| __u32 gsi; |
| __u32 type; |
| __u32 flags; |
| __u32 pad; |
| union { |
| struct kvm_irq_routing_irqchip irqchip; |
| struct kvm_irq_routing_msi msi; |
| struct kvm_irq_routing_s390_adapter adapter; |
| struct kvm_irq_routing_hv_sint hv_sint; |
| __u32 pad[8]; |
| } u; |
| }; |
| |
| /* gsi routing entry types */ |
| #define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_IRQCHIP 1 |
| #define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI 2 |
| #define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_S390_ADAPTER 3 |
| #define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_HV_SINT 4 |
| |
| flags: |
| - KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID: used along with KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI routing entry |
| type, specifies that the devid field contains a valid value. The per-VM |
| KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID capability advertises the requirement to provide |
| the device ID. If this capability is not available, userspace should |
| never set the KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID flag as the ioctl might fail. |
| - zero otherwise |
| |
| struct kvm_irq_routing_irqchip { |
| __u32 irqchip; |
| __u32 pin; |
| }; |
| |
| struct kvm_irq_routing_msi { |
| __u32 address_lo; |
| __u32 address_hi; |
| __u32 data; |
| union { |
| __u32 pad; |
| __u32 devid; |
| }; |
| }; |
| |
| If KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID is set, devid contains a unique device identifier |
| for the device that wrote the MSI message. For PCI, this is usually a |
| BFD identifier in the lower 16 bits. |
| |
| On x86, address_hi is ignored unless the KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS |
| feature of KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability is enabled. If it is enabled, |
| address_hi bits 31-8 provide bits 31-8 of the destination id. Bits 7-0 of |
| address_hi must be zero. |
| |
| struct kvm_irq_routing_s390_adapter { |
| __u64 ind_addr; |
| __u64 summary_addr; |
| __u64 ind_offset; |
| __u32 summary_offset; |
| __u32 adapter_id; |
| }; |
| |
| struct kvm_irq_routing_hv_sint { |
| __u32 vcpu; |
| __u32 sint; |
| }; |
| |
| |
| 4.55 KVM_SET_TSC_KHZ |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_TSC_CONTROL |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: virtual tsc_khz |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Specifies the tsc frequency for the virtual machine. The unit of the |
| frequency is KHz. |
| |
| |
| 4.56 KVM_GET_TSC_KHZ |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_GET_TSC_KHZ |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: none |
| Returns: virtual tsc-khz on success, negative value on error |
| |
| Returns the tsc frequency of the guest. The unit of the return value is |
| KHz. If the host has unstable tsc this ioctl returns -EIO instead as an |
| error. |
| |
| |
| 4.57 KVM_GET_LAPIC |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_lapic_state (out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| #define KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE 0x400 |
| struct kvm_lapic_state { |
| char regs[KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE]; |
| }; |
| |
| Reads the Local APIC registers and copies them into the input argument. The |
| data format and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual. |
| |
| If KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS feature of KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API is |
| enabled, then the format of APIC_ID register depends on the APIC mode |
| (reported by MSR_IA32_APICBASE) of its VCPU. x2APIC stores APIC ID in |
| the APIC_ID register (bytes 32-35). xAPIC only allows an 8-bit APIC ID |
| which is stored in bits 31-24 of the APIC register, or equivalently in |
| byte 35 of struct kvm_lapic_state's regs field. KVM_GET_LAPIC must then |
| be called after MSR_IA32_APICBASE has been set with KVM_SET_MSR. |
| |
| If KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS feature is disabled, struct kvm_lapic_state |
| always uses xAPIC format. |
| |
| |
| 4.58 KVM_SET_LAPIC |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_lapic_state (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| #define KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE 0x400 |
| struct kvm_lapic_state { |
| char regs[KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE]; |
| }; |
| |
| Copies the input argument into the Local APIC registers. The data format |
| and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual. |
| |
| The format of the APIC ID register (bytes 32-35 of struct kvm_lapic_state's |
| regs field) depends on the state of the KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability. |
| See the note in KVM_GET_LAPIC. |
| |
| |
| 4.59 KVM_IOEVENTFD |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_IOEVENTFD |
| Architectures: all |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_ioeventfd (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, !0 on error |
| |
| This ioctl attaches or detaches an ioeventfd to a legal pio/mmio address |
| within the guest. A guest write in the registered address will signal the |
| provided event instead of triggering an exit. |
| |
| struct kvm_ioeventfd { |
| __u64 datamatch; |
| __u64 addr; /* legal pio/mmio address */ |
| __u32 len; /* 0, 1, 2, 4, or 8 bytes */ |
| __s32 fd; |
| __u32 flags; |
| __u8 pad[36]; |
| }; |
| |
| For the special case of virtio-ccw devices on s390, the ioevent is matched |
| to a subchannel/virtqueue tuple instead. |
| |
| The following flags are defined: |
| |
| #define KVM_IOEVENTFD_FLAG_DATAMATCH (1 << kvm_ioeventfd_flag_nr_datamatch) |
| #define KVM_IOEVENTFD_FLAG_PIO (1 << kvm_ioeventfd_flag_nr_pio) |
| #define KVM_IOEVENTFD_FLAG_DEASSIGN (1 << kvm_ioeventfd_flag_nr_deassign) |
| #define KVM_IOEVENTFD_FLAG_VIRTIO_CCW_NOTIFY \ |
| (1 << kvm_ioeventfd_flag_nr_virtio_ccw_notify) |
| |
| If datamatch flag is set, the event will be signaled only if the written value |
| to the registered address is equal to datamatch in struct kvm_ioeventfd. |
| |
| For virtio-ccw devices, addr contains the subchannel id and datamatch the |
| virtqueue index. |
| |
| With KVM_CAP_IOEVENTFD_ANY_LENGTH, a zero length ioeventfd is allowed, and |
| the kernel will ignore the length of guest write and may get a faster vmexit. |
| The speedup may only apply to specific architectures, but the ioeventfd will |
| work anyway. |
| |
| 4.60 KVM_DIRTY_TLB |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_SW_TLB |
| Architectures: ppc |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_dirty_tlb (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| struct kvm_dirty_tlb { |
| __u64 bitmap; |
| __u32 num_dirty; |
| }; |
| |
| This must be called whenever userspace has changed an entry in the shared |
| TLB, prior to calling KVM_RUN on the associated vcpu. |
| |
| The "bitmap" field is the userspace address of an array. This array |
| consists of a number of bits, equal to the total number of TLB entries as |
| determined by the last successful call to KVM_CONFIG_TLB, rounded up to the |
| nearest multiple of 64. |
| |
| Each bit corresponds to one TLB entry, ordered the same as in the shared TLB |
| array. |
| |
| The array is little-endian: the bit 0 is the least significant bit of the |
| first byte, bit 8 is the least significant bit of the second byte, etc. |
| This avoids any complications with differing word sizes. |
| |
| The "num_dirty" field is a performance hint for KVM to determine whether it |
| should skip processing the bitmap and just invalidate everything. It must |
| be set to the number of set bits in the bitmap. |
| |
| |
| 4.62 KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE |
| Architectures: powerpc |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_create_spapr_tce (in) |
| Returns: file descriptor for manipulating the created TCE table |
| |
| This creates a virtual TCE (translation control entry) table, which |
| is an IOMMU for PAPR-style virtual I/O. It is used to translate |
| logical addresses used in virtual I/O into guest physical addresses, |
| and provides a scatter/gather capability for PAPR virtual I/O. |
| |
| /* for KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE */ |
| struct kvm_create_spapr_tce { |
| __u64 liobn; |
| __u32 window_size; |
| }; |
| |
| The liobn field gives the logical IO bus number for which to create a |
| TCE table. The window_size field specifies the size of the DMA window |
| which this TCE table will translate - the table will contain one 64 |
| bit TCE entry for every 4kiB of the DMA window. |
| |
| When the guest issues an H_PUT_TCE hcall on a liobn for which a TCE |
| table has been created using this ioctl(), the kernel will handle it |
| in real mode, updating the TCE table. H_PUT_TCE calls for other |
| liobns will cause a vm exit and must be handled by userspace. |
| |
| The return value is a file descriptor which can be passed to mmap(2) |
| to map the created TCE table into userspace. This lets userspace read |
| the entries written by kernel-handled H_PUT_TCE calls, and also lets |
| userspace update the TCE table directly which is useful in some |
| circumstances. |
| |
| |
| 4.63 KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RMA |
| Architectures: powerpc |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_allocate_rma (out) |
| Returns: file descriptor for mapping the allocated RMA |
| |
| This allocates a Real Mode Area (RMA) from the pool allocated at boot |
| time by the kernel. An RMA is a physically-contiguous, aligned region |
| of memory used on older POWER processors to provide the memory which |
| will be accessed by real-mode (MMU off) accesses in a KVM guest. |
| POWER processors support a set of sizes for the RMA that usually |
| includes 64MB, 128MB, 256MB and some larger powers of two. |
| |
| /* for KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA */ |
| struct kvm_allocate_rma { |
| __u64 rma_size; |
| }; |
| |
| The return value is a file descriptor which can be passed to mmap(2) |
| to map the allocated RMA into userspace. The mapped area can then be |
| passed to the KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION ioctl to establish it as the |
| RMA for a virtual machine. The size of the RMA in bytes (which is |
| fixed at host kernel boot time) is returned in the rma_size field of |
| the argument structure. |
| |
| The KVM_CAP_PPC_RMA capability is 1 or 2 if the KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA ioctl |
| is supported; 2 if the processor requires all virtual machines to have |
| an RMA, or 1 if the processor can use an RMA but doesn't require it, |
| because it supports the Virtual RMA (VRMA) facility. |
| |
| |
| 4.64 KVM_NMI |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_USER_NMI |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: none |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Queues an NMI on the thread's vcpu. Note this is well defined only |
| when KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP has not been called, since this is an interface |
| between the virtual cpu core and virtual local APIC. After KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP |
| has been called, this interface is completely emulated within the kernel. |
| |
| To use this to emulate the LINT1 input with KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, use the |
| following algorithm: |
| |
| - pause the vcpu |
| - read the local APIC's state (KVM_GET_LAPIC) |
| - check whether changing LINT1 will queue an NMI (see the LVT entry for LINT1) |
| - if so, issue KVM_NMI |
| - resume the vcpu |
| |
| Some guests configure the LINT1 NMI input to cause a panic, aiding in |
| debugging. |
| |
| |
| 4.65 KVM_S390_UCAS_MAP |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_s390_ucas_mapping (in) |
| Returns: 0 in case of success |
| |
| The parameter is defined like this: |
| struct kvm_s390_ucas_mapping { |
| __u64 user_addr; |
| __u64 vcpu_addr; |
| __u64 length; |
| }; |
| |
| This ioctl maps the memory at "user_addr" with the length "length" to |
| the vcpu's address space starting at "vcpu_addr". All parameters need to |
| be aligned by 1 megabyte. |
| |
| |
| 4.66 KVM_S390_UCAS_UNMAP |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_s390_ucas_mapping (in) |
| Returns: 0 in case of success |
| |
| The parameter is defined like this: |
| struct kvm_s390_ucas_mapping { |
| __u64 user_addr; |
| __u64 vcpu_addr; |
| __u64 length; |
| }; |
| |
| This ioctl unmaps the memory in the vcpu's address space starting at |
| "vcpu_addr" with the length "length". The field "user_addr" is ignored. |
| All parameters need to be aligned by 1 megabyte. |
| |
| |
| 4.67 KVM_S390_VCPU_FAULT |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: vcpu absolute address (in) |
| Returns: 0 in case of success |
| |
| This call creates a page table entry on the virtual cpu's address space |
| (for user controlled virtual machines) or the virtual machine's address |
| space (for regular virtual machines). This only works for minor faults, |
| thus it's recommended to access subject memory page via the user page |
| table upfront. This is useful to handle validity intercepts for user |
| controlled virtual machines to fault in the virtual cpu's lowcore pages |
| prior to calling the KVM_RUN ioctl. |
| |
| |
| 4.68 KVM_SET_ONE_REG |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_ONE_REG |
| Architectures: all |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_one_reg (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, negative value on failure |
| |
| struct kvm_one_reg { |
| __u64 id; |
| __u64 addr; |
| }; |
| |
| Using this ioctl, a single vcpu register can be set to a specific value |
| defined by user space with the passed in struct kvm_one_reg, where id |
| refers to the register identifier as described below and addr is a pointer |
| to a variable with the respective size. There can be architecture agnostic |
| and architecture specific registers. Each have their own range of operation |
| and their own constants and width. To keep track of the implemented |
| registers, find a list below: |
| |
| Arch | Register | Width (bits) |
| | | |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_HIOR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_IAC1 | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_IAC2 | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_IAC3 | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_IAC4 | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DAC1 | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DAC2 | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DABR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DSCR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PURR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_SPURR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DAR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DSISR | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_AMR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_UAMOR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MMCR0 | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MMCR1 | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MMCRA | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MMCR2 | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MMCRS | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_SIAR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_SDAR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_SIER | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC1 | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC2 | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC3 | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC4 | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC5 | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC6 | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC7 | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC8 | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_FPR0 | 64 |
| ... |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_FPR31 | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VR0 | 128 |
| ... |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VR31 | 128 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VSR0 | 128 |
| ... |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VSR31 | 128 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_FPSCR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VSCR | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VPA_ADDR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VPA_SLB | 128 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VPA_DTL | 128 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_EPCR | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_EPR | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TCR | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TSR | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_OR_TSR | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_CLEAR_TSR | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS0 | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS1 | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS2 | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS7_3 | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS4 | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS6 | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MMUCFG | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB0CFG | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB1CFG | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB2CFG | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB3CFG | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB0PS | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB1PS | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB2PS | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB3PS | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_EPTCFG | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_ICP_STATE | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TB_OFFSET | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_SPMC1 | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_SPMC2 | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_IAMR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TFHAR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TFIAR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TEXASR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_FSCR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PSPB | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_EBBHR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_EBBRR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_BESCR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TAR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DPDES | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DAWR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DAWRX | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_CIABR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_IC | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VTB | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_CSIGR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TACR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TCSCR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PID | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_ACOP | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VRSAVE | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_LPCR | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_LPCR_64 | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PPR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_ARCH_COMPAT | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DABRX | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_WORT | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_SPRG9 | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DBSR | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TIDR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PSSCR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DEC_EXPIRY | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_GPR0 | 64 |
| ... |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_GPR31 | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_VSR0 | 128 |
| ... |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_VSR63 | 128 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_CR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_LR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_CTR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_FPSCR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_AMR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_PPR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_VRSAVE | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_VSCR | 32 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_DSCR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_TAR | 64 |
| PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_XER | 64 |
| | | |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_R0 | 64 |
| ... |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_R31 | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_HI | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_LO | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_PC | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_INDEX | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_ENTRYLO0 | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_ENTRYLO1 | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONTEXT | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONTEXTCONFIG| 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_USERLOCAL | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_XCONTEXTCONFIG| 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_PAGEMASK | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_PAGEGRAIN | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_SEGCTL0 | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_SEGCTL1 | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_SEGCTL2 | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_PWBASE | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_PWFIELD | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_PWSIZE | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_WIRED | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_PWCTL | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_HWRENA | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_BADVADDR | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_BADINSTR | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_BADINSTRP | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_COUNT | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_ENTRYHI | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_COMPARE | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_STATUS | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_INTCTL | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CAUSE | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_EPC | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_PRID | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_EBASE | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG1 | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG2 | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG3 | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG4 | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG5 | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG7 | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_XCONTEXT | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_ERROREPC | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH1 | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH2 | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH3 | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH4 | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH5 | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH6 | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_MAAR(0..63) | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_COUNT_CTL | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_COUNT_RESUME | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_COUNT_HZ | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_FPR_32(0..31) | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_FPR_64(0..31) | 64 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_VEC_128(0..31) | 128 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_FCR_IR | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_FCR_CSR | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_MSA_IR | 32 |
| MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_MSA_CSR | 32 |
| |
| ARM registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits. The upper 16 of that |
| is the register group type, or coprocessor number: |
| |
| ARM core registers have the following id bit patterns: |
| 0x4020 0000 0010 <index into the kvm_regs struct:16> |
| |
| ARM 32-bit CP15 registers have the following id bit patterns: |
| 0x4020 0000 000F <zero:1> <crn:4> <crm:4> <opc1:4> <opc2:3> |
| |
| ARM 64-bit CP15 registers have the following id bit patterns: |
| 0x4030 0000 000F <zero:1> <zero:4> <crm:4> <opc1:4> <zero:3> |
| |
| ARM CCSIDR registers are demultiplexed by CSSELR value: |
| 0x4020 0000 0011 00 <csselr:8> |
| |
| ARM 32-bit VFP control registers have the following id bit patterns: |
| 0x4020 0000 0012 1 <regno:12> |
| |
| ARM 64-bit FP registers have the following id bit patterns: |
| 0x4030 0000 0012 0 <regno:12> |
| |
| |
| arm64 registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits. The upper 16 of |
| that is the register group type, or coprocessor number: |
| |
| arm64 core/FP-SIMD registers have the following id bit patterns. Note |
| that the size of the access is variable, as the kvm_regs structure |
| contains elements ranging from 32 to 128 bits. The index is a 32bit |
| value in the kvm_regs structure seen as a 32bit array. |
| 0x60x0 0000 0010 <index into the kvm_regs struct:16> |
| |
| arm64 CCSIDR registers are demultiplexed by CSSELR value: |
| 0x6020 0000 0011 00 <csselr:8> |
| |
| arm64 system registers have the following id bit patterns: |
| 0x6030 0000 0013 <op0:2> <op1:3> <crn:4> <crm:4> <op2:3> |
| |
| |
| MIPS registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits. The upper 16 of that is |
| the register group type: |
| |
| MIPS core registers (see above) have the following id bit patterns: |
| 0x7030 0000 0000 <reg:16> |
| |
| MIPS CP0 registers (see KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_* above) have the following id bit |
| patterns depending on whether they're 32-bit or 64-bit registers: |
| 0x7020 0000 0001 00 <reg:5> <sel:3> (32-bit) |
| 0x7030 0000 0001 00 <reg:5> <sel:3> (64-bit) |
| |
| Note: KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_ENTRYLO0 and KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_ENTRYLO1 are the MIPS64 |
| versions of the EntryLo registers regardless of the word size of the host |
| hardware, host kernel, guest, and whether XPA is present in the guest, i.e. |
| with the RI and XI bits (if they exist) in bits 63 and 62 respectively, and |
| the PFNX field starting at bit 30. |
| |
| MIPS MAARs (see KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_MAAR(*) above) have the following id bit |
| patterns: |
| 0x7030 0000 0001 01 <reg:8> |
| |
| MIPS KVM control registers (see above) have the following id bit patterns: |
| 0x7030 0000 0002 <reg:16> |
| |
| MIPS FPU registers (see KVM_REG_MIPS_FPR_{32,64}() above) have the following |
| id bit patterns depending on the size of the register being accessed. They are |
| always accessed according to the current guest FPU mode (Status.FR and |
| Config5.FRE), i.e. as the guest would see them, and they become unpredictable |
| if the guest FPU mode is changed. MIPS SIMD Architecture (MSA) vector |
| registers (see KVM_REG_MIPS_VEC_128() above) have similar patterns as they |
| overlap the FPU registers: |
| 0x7020 0000 0003 00 <0:3> <reg:5> (32-bit FPU registers) |
| 0x7030 0000 0003 00 <0:3> <reg:5> (64-bit FPU registers) |
| 0x7040 0000 0003 00 <0:3> <reg:5> (128-bit MSA vector registers) |
| |
| MIPS FPU control registers (see KVM_REG_MIPS_FCR_{IR,CSR} above) have the |
| following id bit patterns: |
| 0x7020 0000 0003 01 <0:3> <reg:5> |
| |
| MIPS MSA control registers (see KVM_REG_MIPS_MSA_{IR,CSR} above) have the |
| following id bit patterns: |
| 0x7020 0000 0003 02 <0:3> <reg:5> |
| |
| |
| 4.69 KVM_GET_ONE_REG |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_ONE_REG |
| Architectures: all |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_one_reg (in and out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, negative value on failure |
| |
| This ioctl allows to receive the value of a single register implemented |
| in a vcpu. The register to read is indicated by the "id" field of the |
| kvm_one_reg struct passed in. On success, the register value can be found |
| at the memory location pointed to by "addr". |
| |
| The list of registers accessible using this interface is identical to the |
| list in 4.68. |
| |
| |
| 4.70 KVM_KVMCLOCK_CTRL |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_KVMCLOCK_CTRL |
| Architectures: Any that implement pvclocks (currently x86 only) |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: None |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| This signals to the host kernel that the specified guest is being paused by |
| userspace. The host will set a flag in the pvclock structure that is checked |
| from the soft lockup watchdog. The flag is part of the pvclock structure that |
| is shared between guest and host, specifically the second bit of the flags |
| field of the pvclock_vcpu_time_info structure. It will be set exclusively by |
| the host and read/cleared exclusively by the guest. The guest operation of |
| checking and clearing the flag must an atomic operation so |
| load-link/store-conditional, or equivalent must be used. There are two cases |
| where the guest will clear the flag: when the soft lockup watchdog timer resets |
| itself or when a soft lockup is detected. This ioctl can be called any time |
| after pausing the vcpu, but before it is resumed. |
| |
| |
| 4.71 KVM_SIGNAL_MSI |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_SIGNAL_MSI |
| Architectures: x86 arm arm64 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_msi (in) |
| Returns: >0 on delivery, 0 if guest blocked the MSI, and -1 on error |
| |
| Directly inject a MSI message. Only valid with in-kernel irqchip that handles |
| MSI messages. |
| |
| struct kvm_msi { |
| __u32 address_lo; |
| __u32 address_hi; |
| __u32 data; |
| __u32 flags; |
| __u32 devid; |
| __u8 pad[12]; |
| }; |
| |
| flags: KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID: devid contains a valid value. The per-VM |
| KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID capability advertises the requirement to provide |
| the device ID. If this capability is not available, userspace |
| should never set the KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID flag as the ioctl might fail. |
| |
| If KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID is set, devid contains a unique device identifier |
| for the device that wrote the MSI message. For PCI, this is usually a |
| BFD identifier in the lower 16 bits. |
| |
| On x86, address_hi is ignored unless the KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS |
| feature of KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability is enabled. If it is enabled, |
| address_hi bits 31-8 provide bits 31-8 of the destination id. Bits 7-0 of |
| address_hi must be zero. |
| |
| |
| 4.71 KVM_CREATE_PIT2 |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_PIT2 |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_pit_config (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Creates an in-kernel device model for the i8254 PIT. This call is only valid |
| after enabling in-kernel irqchip support via KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. The following |
| parameters have to be passed: |
| |
| struct kvm_pit_config { |
| __u32 flags; |
| __u32 pad[15]; |
| }; |
| |
| Valid flags are: |
| |
| #define KVM_PIT_SPEAKER_DUMMY 1 /* emulate speaker port stub */ |
| |
| PIT timer interrupts may use a per-VM kernel thread for injection. If it |
| exists, this thread will have a name of the following pattern: |
| |
| kvm-pit/<owner-process-pid> |
| |
| When running a guest with elevated priorities, the scheduling parameters of |
| this thread may have to be adjusted accordingly. |
| |
| This IOCTL replaces the obsolete KVM_CREATE_PIT. |
| |
| |
| 4.72 KVM_GET_PIT2 |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_PIT_STATE2 |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_pit_state2 (out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Retrieves the state of the in-kernel PIT model. Only valid after |
| KVM_CREATE_PIT2. The state is returned in the following structure: |
| |
| struct kvm_pit_state2 { |
| struct kvm_pit_channel_state channels[3]; |
| __u32 flags; |
| __u32 reserved[9]; |
| }; |
| |
| Valid flags are: |
| |
| /* disable PIT in HPET legacy mode */ |
| #define KVM_PIT_FLAGS_HPET_LEGACY 0x00000001 |
| |
| This IOCTL replaces the obsolete KVM_GET_PIT. |
| |
| |
| 4.73 KVM_SET_PIT2 |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_PIT_STATE2 |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_pit_state2 (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Sets the state of the in-kernel PIT model. Only valid after KVM_CREATE_PIT2. |
| See KVM_GET_PIT2 for details on struct kvm_pit_state2. |
| |
| This IOCTL replaces the obsolete KVM_SET_PIT. |
| |
| |
| 4.74 KVM_PPC_GET_SMMU_INFO |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_GET_SMMU_INFO |
| Architectures: powerpc |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: None |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| This populates and returns a structure describing the features of |
| the "Server" class MMU emulation supported by KVM. |
| This can in turn be used by userspace to generate the appropriate |
| device-tree properties for the guest operating system. |
| |
| The structure contains some global information, followed by an |
| array of supported segment page sizes: |
| |
| struct kvm_ppc_smmu_info { |
| __u64 flags; |
| __u32 slb_size; |
| __u32 pad; |
| struct kvm_ppc_one_seg_page_size sps[KVM_PPC_PAGE_SIZES_MAX_SZ]; |
| }; |
| |
| The supported flags are: |
| |
| - KVM_PPC_PAGE_SIZES_REAL: |
| When that flag is set, guest page sizes must "fit" the backing |
| store page sizes. When not set, any page size in the list can |
| be used regardless of how they are backed by userspace. |
| |
| - KVM_PPC_1T_SEGMENTS |
| The emulated MMU supports 1T segments in addition to the |
| standard 256M ones. |
| |
| The "slb_size" field indicates how many SLB entries are supported |
| |
| The "sps" array contains 8 entries indicating the supported base |
| page sizes for a segment in increasing order. Each entry is defined |
| as follow: |
| |
| struct kvm_ppc_one_seg_page_size { |
| __u32 page_shift; /* Base page shift of segment (or 0) */ |
| __u32 slb_enc; /* SLB encoding for BookS */ |
| struct kvm_ppc_one_page_size enc[KVM_PPC_PAGE_SIZES_MAX_SZ]; |
| }; |
| |
| An entry with a "page_shift" of 0 is unused. Because the array is |
| organized in increasing order, a lookup can stop when encoutering |
| such an entry. |
| |
| The "slb_enc" field provides the encoding to use in the SLB for the |
| page size. The bits are in positions such as the value can directly |
| be OR'ed into the "vsid" argument of the slbmte instruction. |
| |
| The "enc" array is a list which for each of those segment base page |
| size provides the list of supported actual page sizes (which can be |
| only larger or equal to the base page size), along with the |
| corresponding encoding in the hash PTE. Similarly, the array is |
| 8 entries sorted by increasing sizes and an entry with a "0" shift |
| is an empty entry and a terminator: |
| |
| struct kvm_ppc_one_page_size { |
| __u32 page_shift; /* Page shift (or 0) */ |
| __u32 pte_enc; /* Encoding in the HPTE (>>12) */ |
| }; |
| |
| The "pte_enc" field provides a value that can OR'ed into the hash |
| PTE's RPN field (ie, it needs to be shifted left by 12 to OR it |
| into the hash PTE second double word). |
| |
| 4.75 KVM_IRQFD |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQFD |
| Architectures: x86 s390 arm arm64 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_irqfd (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Allows setting an eventfd to directly trigger a guest interrupt. |
| kvm_irqfd.fd specifies the file descriptor to use as the eventfd and |
| kvm_irqfd.gsi specifies the irqchip pin toggled by this event. When |
| an event is triggered on the eventfd, an interrupt is injected into |
| the guest using the specified gsi pin. The irqfd is removed using |
| the KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_DEASSIGN flag, specifying both kvm_irqfd.fd |
| and kvm_irqfd.gsi. |
| |
| With KVM_CAP_IRQFD_RESAMPLE, KVM_IRQFD supports a de-assert and notify |
| mechanism allowing emulation of level-triggered, irqfd-based |
| interrupts. When KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_RESAMPLE is set the user must pass an |
| additional eventfd in the kvm_irqfd.resamplefd field. When operating |
| in resample mode, posting of an interrupt through kvm_irq.fd asserts |
| the specified gsi in the irqchip. When the irqchip is resampled, such |
| as from an EOI, the gsi is de-asserted and the user is notified via |
| kvm_irqfd.resamplefd. It is the user's responsibility to re-queue |
| the interrupt if the device making use of it still requires service. |
| Note that closing the resamplefd is not sufficient to disable the |
| irqfd. The KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_RESAMPLE is only necessary on assignment |
| and need not be specified with KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_DEASSIGN. |
| |
| On arm/arm64, gsi routing being supported, the following can happen: |
| - in case no routing entry is associated to this gsi, injection fails |
| - in case the gsi is associated to an irqchip routing entry, |
| irqchip.pin + 32 corresponds to the injected SPI ID. |
| - in case the gsi is associated to an MSI routing entry, the MSI |
| message and device ID are translated into an LPI (support restricted |
| to GICv3 ITS in-kernel emulation). |
| |
| 4.76 KVM_PPC_ALLOCATE_HTAB |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_ALLOC_HTAB |
| Architectures: powerpc |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: Pointer to u32 containing hash table order (in/out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| This requests the host kernel to allocate an MMU hash table for a |
| guest using the PAPR paravirtualization interface. This only does |
| anything if the kernel is configured to use the Book 3S HV style of |
| virtualization. Otherwise the capability doesn't exist and the ioctl |
| returns an ENOTTY error. The rest of this description assumes Book 3S |
| HV. |
| |
| There must be no vcpus running when this ioctl is called; if there |
| are, it will do nothing and return an EBUSY error. |
| |
| The parameter is a pointer to a 32-bit unsigned integer variable |
| containing the order (log base 2) of the desired size of the hash |
| table, which must be between 18 and 46. On successful return from the |
| ioctl, the value will not be changed by the kernel. |
| |
| If no hash table has been allocated when any vcpu is asked to run |
| (with the KVM_RUN ioctl), the host kernel will allocate a |
| default-sized hash table (16 MB). |
| |
| If this ioctl is called when a hash table has already been allocated, |
| with a different order from the existing hash table, the existing hash |
| table will be freed and a new one allocated. If this is ioctl is |
| called when a hash table has already been allocated of the same order |
| as specified, the kernel will clear out the existing hash table (zero |
| all HPTEs). In either case, if the guest is using the virtualized |
| real-mode area (VRMA) facility, the kernel will re-create the VMRA |
| HPTEs on the next KVM_RUN of any vcpu. |
| |
| 4.77 KVM_S390_INTERRUPT |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Type: vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_s390_interrupt (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Allows to inject an interrupt to the guest. Interrupts can be floating |
| (vm ioctl) or per cpu (vcpu ioctl), depending on the interrupt type. |
| |
| Interrupt parameters are passed via kvm_s390_interrupt: |
| |
| struct kvm_s390_interrupt { |
| __u32 type; |
| __u32 parm; |
| __u64 parm64; |
| }; |
| |
| type can be one of the following: |
| |
| KVM_S390_SIGP_STOP (vcpu) - sigp stop; optional flags in parm |
| KVM_S390_PROGRAM_INT (vcpu) - program check; code in parm |
| KVM_S390_SIGP_SET_PREFIX (vcpu) - sigp set prefix; prefix address in parm |
| KVM_S390_RESTART (vcpu) - restart |
| KVM_S390_INT_CLOCK_COMP (vcpu) - clock comparator interrupt |
| KVM_S390_INT_CPU_TIMER (vcpu) - CPU timer interrupt |
| KVM_S390_INT_VIRTIO (vm) - virtio external interrupt; external interrupt |
| parameters in parm and parm64 |
| KVM_S390_INT_SERVICE (vm) - sclp external interrupt; sclp parameter in parm |
| KVM_S390_INT_EMERGENCY (vcpu) - sigp emergency; source cpu in parm |
| KVM_S390_INT_EXTERNAL_CALL (vcpu) - sigp external call; source cpu in parm |
| KVM_S390_INT_IO(ai,cssid,ssid,schid) (vm) - compound value to indicate an |
| I/O interrupt (ai - adapter interrupt; cssid,ssid,schid - subchannel); |
| I/O interruption parameters in parm (subchannel) and parm64 (intparm, |
| interruption subclass) |
| KVM_S390_MCHK (vm, vcpu) - machine check interrupt; cr 14 bits in parm, |
| machine check interrupt code in parm64 (note that |
| machine checks needing further payload are not |
| supported by this ioctl) |
| |
| Note that the vcpu ioctl is asynchronous to vcpu execution. |
| |
| 4.78 KVM_PPC_GET_HTAB_FD |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_HTAB_FD |
| Architectures: powerpc |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: Pointer to struct kvm_get_htab_fd (in) |
| Returns: file descriptor number (>= 0) on success, -1 on error |
| |
| This returns a file descriptor that can be used either to read out the |
| entries in the guest's hashed page table (HPT), or to write entries to |
| initialize the HPT. The returned fd can only be written to if the |
| KVM_GET_HTAB_WRITE bit is set in the flags field of the argument, and |
| can only be read if that bit is clear. The argument struct looks like |
| this: |
| |
| /* For KVM_PPC_GET_HTAB_FD */ |
| struct kvm_get_htab_fd { |
| __u64 flags; |
| __u64 start_index; |
| __u64 reserved[2]; |
| }; |
| |
| /* Values for kvm_get_htab_fd.flags */ |
| #define KVM_GET_HTAB_BOLTED_ONLY ((__u64)0x1) |
| #define KVM_GET_HTAB_WRITE ((__u64)0x2) |
| |
| The `start_index' field gives the index in the HPT of the entry at |
| which to start reading. It is ignored when writing. |
| |
| Reads on the fd will initially supply information about all |
| "interesting" HPT entries. Interesting entries are those with the |
| bolted bit set, if the KVM_GET_HTAB_BOLTED_ONLY bit is set, otherwise |
| all entries. When the end of the HPT is reached, the read() will |
| return. If read() is called again on the fd, it will start again from |
| the beginning of the HPT, but will only return HPT entries that have |
| changed since they were last read. |
| |
| Data read or written is structured as a header (8 bytes) followed by a |
| series of valid HPT entries (16 bytes) each. The header indicates how |
| many valid HPT entries there are and how many invalid entries follow |
| the valid entries. The invalid entries are not represented explicitly |
| in the stream. The header format is: |
| |
| struct kvm_get_htab_header { |
| __u32 index; |
| __u16 n_valid; |
| __u16 n_invalid; |
| }; |
| |
| Writes to the fd create HPT entries starting at the index given in the |
| header; first `n_valid' valid entries with contents from the data |
| written, then `n_invalid' invalid entries, invalidating any previously |
| valid entries found. |
| |
| 4.79 KVM_CREATE_DEVICE |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_create_device (in/out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| Errors: |
| ENODEV: The device type is unknown or unsupported |
| EEXIST: Device already created, and this type of device may not |
| be instantiated multiple times |
| |
| Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types or |
| have their standard meanings. |
| |
| Creates an emulated device in the kernel. The file descriptor returned |
| in fd can be used with KVM_SET/GET/HAS_DEVICE_ATTR. |
| |
| If the KVM_CREATE_DEVICE_TEST flag is set, only test whether the |
| device type is supported (not necessarily whether it can be created |
| in the current vm). |
| |
| Individual devices should not define flags. Attributes should be used |
| for specifying any behavior that is not implied by the device type |
| number. |
| |
| struct kvm_create_device { |
| __u32 type; /* in: KVM_DEV_TYPE_xxx */ |
| __u32 fd; /* out: device handle */ |
| __u32 flags; /* in: KVM_CREATE_DEVICE_xxx */ |
| }; |
| |
| 4.80 KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR/KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL, KVM_CAP_VM_ATTRIBUTES for vm device, |
| KVM_CAP_VCPU_ATTRIBUTES for vcpu device |
| Type: device ioctl, vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| Errors: |
| ENXIO: The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device |
| or hardware support is missing. |
| EPERM: The attribute cannot (currently) be accessed this way |
| (e.g. read-only attribute, or attribute that only makes |
| sense when the device is in a different state) |
| |
| Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types. |
| |
| Gets/sets a specified piece of device configuration and/or state. The |
| semantics are device-specific. See individual device documentation in |
| the "devices" directory. As with ONE_REG, the size of the data |
| transferred is defined by the particular attribute. |
| |
| struct kvm_device_attr { |
| __u32 flags; /* no flags currently defined */ |
| __u32 group; /* device-defined */ |
| __u64 attr; /* group-defined */ |
| __u64 addr; /* userspace address of attr data */ |
| }; |
| |
| 4.81 KVM_HAS_DEVICE_ATTR |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL, KVM_CAP_VM_ATTRIBUTES for vm device, |
| KVM_CAP_VCPU_ATTRIBUTES for vcpu device |
| Type: device ioctl, vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| Errors: |
| ENXIO: The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device |
| or hardware support is missing. |
| |
| Tests whether a device supports a particular attribute. A successful |
| return indicates the attribute is implemented. It does not necessarily |
| indicate that the attribute can be read or written in the device's |
| current state. "addr" is ignored. |
| |
| 4.82 KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: arm, arm64 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_init (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| Errors: |
| Â EINVAL: Â Â Â the target is unknown, or the combination of features is invalid. |
| Â ENOENT: Â Â Â a features bit specified is unknown. |
| |
| This tells KVM what type of CPU to present to the guest, and what |
| optional features it should have. Â This will cause a reset of the cpu |
| registers to their initial values. Â If this is not called, KVM_RUN will |
| return ENOEXEC for that vcpu. |
| |
| Note that because some registers reflect machine topology, all vcpus |
| should be created before this ioctl is invoked. |
| |
| Userspace can call this function multiple times for a given vcpu, including |
| after the vcpu has been run. This will reset the vcpu to its initial |
| state. All calls to this function after the initial call must use the same |
| target and same set of feature flags, otherwise EINVAL will be returned. |
| |
| Possible features: |
| - KVM_ARM_VCPU_POWER_OFF: Starts the CPU in a power-off state. |
| Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI. If not set, the CPU will be powered on |
| and execute guest code when KVM_RUN is called. |
| - KVM_ARM_VCPU_EL1_32BIT: Starts the CPU in a 32bit mode. |
| Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_EL1_32BIT (arm64 only). |
| - KVM_ARM_VCPU_PSCI_0_2: Emulate PSCI v0.2 for the CPU. |
| Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI_0_2. |
| - KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3: Emulate PMUv3 for the CPU. |
| Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PMU_V3. |
| |
| |
| 4.83 KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: arm, arm64 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct struct kvm_vcpu_init (out) |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| Errors: |
| ENODEV: no preferred target available for the host |
| |
| This queries KVM for preferred CPU target type which can be emulated |
| by KVM on underlying host. |
| |
| The ioctl returns struct kvm_vcpu_init instance containing information |
| about preferred CPU target type and recommended features for it. The |
| kvm_vcpu_init->features bitmap returned will have feature bits set if |
| the preferred target recommends setting these features, but this is |
| not mandatory. |
| |
| The information returned by this ioctl can be used to prepare an instance |
| of struct kvm_vcpu_init for KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT ioctl which will result in |
| in VCPU matching underlying host. |
| |
| |
| 4.84 KVM_GET_REG_LIST |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: arm, arm64, mips |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_reg_list (in/out) |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| Errors: |
| Â E2BIG: Â Â Â Â the reg index list is too big to fit in the array specified by |
| Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â the user (the number required will be written into n). |
| |
| struct kvm_reg_list { |
| __u64 n; /* number of registers in reg[] */ |
| __u64 reg[0]; |
| }; |
| |
| This ioctl returns the guest registers that are supported for the |
| KVM_GET_ONE_REG/KVM_SET_ONE_REG calls. |
| |
| |
| 4.85 KVM_ARM_SET_DEVICE_ADDR (deprecated) |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_ARM_SET_DEVICE_ADDR |
| Architectures: arm, arm64 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_arm_device_address (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| Errors: |
| ENODEV: The device id is unknown |
| ENXIO: Device not supported on current system |
| EEXIST: Address already set |
| E2BIG: Address outside guest physical address space |
| EBUSY: Address overlaps with other device range |
| |
| struct kvm_arm_device_addr { |
| __u64 id; |
| __u64 addr; |
| }; |
| |
| Specify a device address in the guest's physical address space where guests |
| can access emulated or directly exposed devices, which the host kernel needs |
| to know about. The id field is an architecture specific identifier for a |
| specific device. |
| |
| ARM/arm64 divides the id field into two parts, a device id and an |
| address type id specific to the individual device. |
| |
| Â bits: | 63 ... 32 | 31 ... 16 | 15 ... 0 | |
| field: | 0x00000000 | device id | addr type id | |
| |
| ARM/arm64 currently only require this when using the in-kernel GIC |
| support for the hardware VGIC features, using KVM_ARM_DEVICE_VGIC_V2 |
| as the device id. When setting the base address for the guest's |
| mapping of the VGIC virtual CPU and distributor interface, the ioctl |
| must be called after calling KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, but before calling |
| KVM_RUN on any of the VCPUs. Calling this ioctl twice for any of the |
| base addresses will return -EEXIST. |
| |
| Note, this IOCTL is deprecated and the more flexible SET/GET_DEVICE_ATTR API |
| should be used instead. |
| |
| |
| 4.86 KVM_PPC_RTAS_DEFINE_TOKEN |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RTAS |
| Architectures: ppc |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_rtas_token_args |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Defines a token value for a RTAS (Run Time Abstraction Services) |
| service in order to allow it to be handled in the kernel. The |
| argument struct gives the name of the service, which must be the name |
| of a service that has a kernel-side implementation. If the token |
| value is non-zero, it will be associated with that service, and |
| subsequent RTAS calls by the guest specifying that token will be |
| handled by the kernel. If the token value is 0, then any token |
| associated with the service will be forgotten, and subsequent RTAS |
| calls by the guest for that service will be passed to userspace to be |
| handled. |
| |
| 4.87 KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG |
| Architectures: x86, s390, ppc, arm64 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_guest_debug (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| |
| struct kvm_guest_debug { |
| __u32 control; |
| __u32 pad; |
| struct kvm_guest_debug_arch arch; |
| }; |
| |
| Set up the processor specific debug registers and configure vcpu for |
| handling guest debug events. There are two parts to the structure, the |
| first a control bitfield indicates the type of debug events to handle |
| when running. Common control bits are: |
| |
| - KVM_GUESTDBG_ENABLE: guest debugging is enabled |
| - KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP: the next run should single-step |
| |
| The top 16 bits of the control field are architecture specific control |
| flags which can include the following: |
| |
| - KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_SW_BP: using software breakpoints [x86, arm64] |
| - KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP: using hardware breakpoints [x86, s390, arm64] |
| - KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_DB: inject DB type exception [x86] |
| - KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_BP: inject BP type exception [x86] |
| - KVM_GUESTDBG_EXIT_PENDING: trigger an immediate guest exit [s390] |
| |
| For example KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_SW_BP indicates that software breakpoints |
| are enabled in memory so we need to ensure breakpoint exceptions are |
| correctly trapped and the KVM run loop exits at the breakpoint and not |
| running off into the normal guest vector. For KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP |
| we need to ensure the guest vCPUs architecture specific registers are |
| updated to the correct (supplied) values. |
| |
| The second part of the structure is architecture specific and |
| typically contains a set of debug registers. |
| |
| For arm64 the number of debug registers is implementation defined and |
| can be determined by querying the KVM_CAP_GUEST_DEBUG_HW_BPS and |
| KVM_CAP_GUEST_DEBUG_HW_WPS capabilities which return a positive number |
| indicating the number of supported registers. |
| |
| When debug events exit the main run loop with the reason |
| KVM_EXIT_DEBUG with the kvm_debug_exit_arch part of the kvm_run |
| structure containing architecture specific debug information. |
| |
| 4.88 KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_EXT_EMUL_CPUID |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: system ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_cpuid2 (in/out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| struct kvm_cpuid2 { |
| __u32 nent; |
| __u32 flags; |
| struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 entries[0]; |
| }; |
| |
| The member 'flags' is used for passing flags from userspace. |
| |
| #define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX BIT(0) |
| #define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC BIT(1) |
| #define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT BIT(2) |
| |
| struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 { |
| __u32 function; |
| __u32 index; |
| __u32 flags; |
| __u32 eax; |
| __u32 ebx; |
| __u32 ecx; |
| __u32 edx; |
| __u32 padding[3]; |
| }; |
| |
| This ioctl returns x86 cpuid features which are emulated by |
| kvm.Userspace can use the information returned by this ioctl to query |
| which features are emulated by kvm instead of being present natively. |
| |
| Userspace invokes KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID by passing a kvm_cpuid2 |
| structure with the 'nent' field indicating the number of entries in |
| the variable-size array 'entries'. If the number of entries is too low |
| to describe the cpu capabilities, an error (E2BIG) is returned. If the |
| number is too high, the 'nent' field is adjusted and an error (ENOMEM) |
| is returned. If the number is just right, the 'nent' field is adjusted |
| to the number of valid entries in the 'entries' array, which is then |
| filled. |
| |
| The entries returned are the set CPUID bits of the respective features |
| which kvm emulates, as returned by the CPUID instruction, with unknown |
| or unsupported feature bits cleared. |
| |
| Features like x2apic, for example, may not be present in the host cpu |
| but are exposed by kvm in KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID because they can be |
| emulated efficiently and thus not included here. |
| |
| The fields in each entry are defined as follows: |
| |
| function: the eax value used to obtain the entry |
| index: the ecx value used to obtain the entry (for entries that are |
| affected by ecx) |
| flags: an OR of zero or more of the following: |
| KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX: |
| if the index field is valid |
| KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC: |
| if cpuid for this function returns different values for successive |
| invocations; there will be several entries with the same function, |
| all with this flag set |
| KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT: |
| for KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC entries, set if this entry is |
| the first entry to be read by a cpu |
| eax, ebx, ecx, edx: the values returned by the cpuid instruction for |
| this function/index combination |
| |
| 4.89 KVM_S390_MEM_OP |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_MEM_OP |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_s390_mem_op (in) |
| Returns: = 0 on success, |
| < 0 on generic error (e.g. -EFAULT or -ENOMEM), |
| > 0 if an exception occurred while walking the page tables |
| |
| Read or write data from/to the logical (virtual) memory of a VCPU. |
| |
| Parameters are specified via the following structure: |
| |
| struct kvm_s390_mem_op { |
| __u64 gaddr; /* the guest address */ |
| __u64 flags; /* flags */ |
| __u32 size; /* amount of bytes */ |
| __u32 op; /* type of operation */ |
| __u64 buf; /* buffer in userspace */ |
| __u8 ar; /* the access register number */ |
| __u8 reserved[31]; /* should be set to 0 */ |
| }; |
| |
| The type of operation is specified in the "op" field. It is either |
| KVM_S390_MEMOP_LOGICAL_READ for reading from logical memory space or |
| KVM_S390_MEMOP_LOGICAL_WRITE for writing to logical memory space. The |
| KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CHECK_ONLY flag can be set in the "flags" field to check |
| whether the corresponding memory access would create an access exception |
| (without touching the data in the memory at the destination). In case an |
| access exception occurred while walking the MMU tables of the guest, the |
| ioctl returns a positive error number to indicate the type of exception. |
| This exception is also raised directly at the corresponding VCPU if the |
| flag KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_INJECT_EXCEPTION is set in the "flags" field. |
| |
| The start address of the memory region has to be specified in the "gaddr" |
| field, and the length of the region in the "size" field. "buf" is the buffer |
| supplied by the userspace application where the read data should be written |
| to for KVM_S390_MEMOP_LOGICAL_READ, or where the data that should be written |
| is stored for a KVM_S390_MEMOP_LOGICAL_WRITE. "buf" is unused and can be NULL |
| when KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CHECK_ONLY is specified. "ar" designates the access |
| register number to be used. |
| |
| The "reserved" field is meant for future extensions. It is not used by |
| KVM with the currently defined set of flags. |
| |
| 4.90 KVM_S390_GET_SKEYS |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_SKEYS |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_s390_skeys |
| Returns: 0 on success, KVM_S390_GET_KEYS_NONE if guest is not using storage |
| keys, negative value on error |
| |
| This ioctl is used to get guest storage key values on the s390 |
| architecture. The ioctl takes parameters via the kvm_s390_skeys struct. |
| |
| struct kvm_s390_skeys { |
| __u64 start_gfn; |
| __u64 count; |
| __u64 skeydata_addr; |
| __u32 flags; |
| __u32 reserved[9]; |
| }; |
| |
| The start_gfn field is the number of the first guest frame whose storage keys |
| you want to get. |
| |
| The count field is the number of consecutive frames (starting from start_gfn) |
| whose storage keys to get. The count field must be at least 1 and the maximum |
| allowed value is defined as KVM_S390_SKEYS_ALLOC_MAX. Values outside this range |
| will cause the ioctl to return -EINVAL. |
| |
| The skeydata_addr field is the address to a buffer large enough to hold count |
| bytes. This buffer will be filled with storage key data by the ioctl. |
| |
| 4.91 KVM_S390_SET_SKEYS |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_SKEYS |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_s390_skeys |
| Returns: 0 on success, negative value on error |
| |
| This ioctl is used to set guest storage key values on the s390 |
| architecture. The ioctl takes parameters via the kvm_s390_skeys struct. |
| See section on KVM_S390_GET_SKEYS for struct definition. |
| |
| The start_gfn field is the number of the first guest frame whose storage keys |
| you want to set. |
| |
| The count field is the number of consecutive frames (starting from start_gfn) |
| whose storage keys to get. The count field must be at least 1 and the maximum |
| allowed value is defined as KVM_S390_SKEYS_ALLOC_MAX. Values outside this range |
| will cause the ioctl to return -EINVAL. |
| |
| The skeydata_addr field is the address to a buffer containing count bytes of |
| storage keys. Each byte in the buffer will be set as the storage key for a |
| single frame starting at start_gfn for count frames. |
| |
| Note: If any architecturally invalid key value is found in the given data then |
| the ioctl will return -EINVAL. |
| |
| 4.92 KVM_S390_IRQ |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_INJECT_IRQ |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_s390_irq (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| Errors: |
| EINVAL: interrupt type is invalid |
| type is KVM_S390_SIGP_STOP and flag parameter is invalid value |
| type is KVM_S390_INT_EXTERNAL_CALL and code is bigger |
| than the maximum of VCPUs |
| EBUSY: type is KVM_S390_SIGP_SET_PREFIX and vcpu is not stopped |
| type is KVM_S390_SIGP_STOP and a stop irq is already pending |
| type is KVM_S390_INT_EXTERNAL_CALL and an external call interrupt |
| is already pending |
| |
| Allows to inject an interrupt to the guest. |
| |
| Using struct kvm_s390_irq as a parameter allows |
| to inject additional payload which is not |
| possible via KVM_S390_INTERRUPT. |
| |
| Interrupt parameters are passed via kvm_s390_irq: |
| |
| struct kvm_s390_irq { |
| __u64 type; |
| union { |
| struct kvm_s390_io_info io; |
| struct kvm_s390_ext_info ext; |
| struct kvm_s390_pgm_info pgm; |
| struct kvm_s390_emerg_info emerg; |
| struct kvm_s390_extcall_info extcall; |
| struct kvm_s390_prefix_info prefix; |
| struct kvm_s390_stop_info stop; |
| struct kvm_s390_mchk_info mchk; |
| char reserved[64]; |
| } u; |
| }; |
| |
| type can be one of the following: |
| |
| KVM_S390_SIGP_STOP - sigp stop; parameter in .stop |
| KVM_S390_PROGRAM_INT - program check; parameters in .pgm |
| KVM_S390_SIGP_SET_PREFIX - sigp set prefix; parameters in .prefix |
| KVM_S390_RESTART - restart; no parameters |
| KVM_S390_INT_CLOCK_COMP - clock comparator interrupt; no parameters |
| KVM_S390_INT_CPU_TIMER - CPU timer interrupt; no parameters |
| KVM_S390_INT_EMERGENCY - sigp emergency; parameters in .emerg |
| KVM_S390_INT_EXTERNAL_CALL - sigp external call; parameters in .extcall |
| KVM_S390_MCHK - machine check interrupt; parameters in .mchk |
| |
| |
| Note that the vcpu ioctl is asynchronous to vcpu execution. |
| |
| 4.94 KVM_S390_GET_IRQ_STATE |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_IRQ_STATE |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_s390_irq_state (out) |
| Returns: >= number of bytes copied into buffer, |
| -EINVAL if buffer size is 0, |
| -ENOBUFS if buffer size is too small to fit all pending interrupts, |
| -EFAULT if the buffer address was invalid |
| |
| This ioctl allows userspace to retrieve the complete state of all currently |
| pending interrupts in a single buffer. Use cases include migration |
| and introspection. The parameter structure contains the address of a |
| userspace buffer and its length: |
| |
| struct kvm_s390_irq_state { |
| __u64 buf; |
| __u32 flags; /* will stay unused for compatibility reasons */ |
| __u32 len; |
| __u32 reserved[4]; /* will stay unused for compatibility reasons */ |
| }; |
| |
| Userspace passes in the above struct and for each pending interrupt a |
| struct kvm_s390_irq is copied to the provided buffer. |
| |
| The structure contains a flags and a reserved field for future extensions. As |
| the kernel never checked for flags == 0 and QEMU never pre-zeroed flags and |
| reserved, these fields can not be used in the future without breaking |
| compatibility. |
| |
| If -ENOBUFS is returned the buffer provided was too small and userspace |
| may retry with a bigger buffer. |
| |
| 4.95 KVM_S390_SET_IRQ_STATE |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_IRQ_STATE |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_s390_irq_state (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, |
| -EFAULT if the buffer address was invalid, |
| -EINVAL for an invalid buffer length (see below), |
| -EBUSY if there were already interrupts pending, |
| errors occurring when actually injecting the |
| interrupt. See KVM_S390_IRQ. |
| |
| This ioctl allows userspace to set the complete state of all cpu-local |
| interrupts currently pending for the vcpu. It is intended for restoring |
| interrupt state after a migration. The input parameter is a userspace buffer |
| containing a struct kvm_s390_irq_state: |
| |
| struct kvm_s390_irq_state { |
| __u64 buf; |
| __u32 flags; /* will stay unused for compatibility reasons */ |
| __u32 len; |
| __u32 reserved[4]; /* will stay unused for compatibility reasons */ |
| }; |
| |
| The restrictions for flags and reserved apply as well. |
| (see KVM_S390_GET_IRQ_STATE) |
| |
| The userspace memory referenced by buf contains a struct kvm_s390_irq |
| for each interrupt to be injected into the guest. |
| If one of the interrupts could not be injected for some reason the |
| ioctl aborts. |
| |
| len must be a multiple of sizeof(struct kvm_s390_irq). It must be > 0 |
| and it must not exceed (max_vcpus + 32) * sizeof(struct kvm_s390_irq), |
| which is the maximum number of possibly pending cpu-local interrupts. |
| |
| 4.96 KVM_SMI |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_X86_SMM |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: none |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Queues an SMI on the thread's vcpu. |
| |
| 4.97 KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE |
| Architectures: ppc |
| Type: vm |
| |
| This capability means the kernel is capable of handling hypercalls |
| H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE without passing those into the user |
| space. This significantly accelerates DMA operations for PPC KVM guests. |
| User space should expect that its handlers for these hypercalls |
| are not going to be called if user space previously registered LIOBN |
| in KVM (via KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE or similar calls). |
| |
| In order to enable H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE use in the guest, |
| user space might have to advertise it for the guest. For example, |
| IBM pSeries (sPAPR) guest starts using them if "hcall-multi-tce" is |
| present in the "ibm,hypertas-functions" device-tree property. |
| |
| The hypercalls mentioned above may or may not be processed successfully |
| in the kernel based fast path. If they can not be handled by the kernel, |
| they will get passed on to user space. So user space still has to have |
| an implementation for these despite the in kernel acceleration. |
| |
| This capability is always enabled. |
| |
| 4.98 KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE_64 |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE_64 |
| Architectures: powerpc |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_create_spapr_tce_64 (in) |
| Returns: file descriptor for manipulating the created TCE table |
| |
| This is an extension for KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE which only supports 32bit |
| windows, described in 4.62 KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE |
| |
| This capability uses extended struct in ioctl interface: |
| |
| /* for KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE_64 */ |
| struct kvm_create_spapr_tce_64 { |
| __u64 liobn; |
| __u32 page_shift; |
| __u32 flags; |
| __u64 offset; /* in pages */ |
| __u64 size; /* in pages */ |
| }; |
| |
| The aim of extension is to support an additional bigger DMA window with |
| a variable page size. |
| KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE_64 receives a 64bit window size, an IOMMU page shift and |
| a bus offset of the corresponding DMA window, @size and @offset are numbers |
| of IOMMU pages. |
| |
| @flags are not used at the moment. |
| |
| The rest of functionality is identical to KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE. |
| |
| 4.99 KVM_REINJECT_CONTROL |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_REINJECT_CONTROL |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_reinject_control (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, |
| -EFAULT if struct kvm_reinject_control cannot be read, |
| -ENXIO if KVM_CREATE_PIT or KVM_CREATE_PIT2 didn't succeed earlier. |
| |
| i8254 (PIT) has two modes, reinject and !reinject. The default is reinject, |
| where KVM queues elapsed i8254 ticks and monitors completion of interrupt from |
| vector(s) that i8254 injects. Reinject mode dequeues a tick and injects its |
| interrupt whenever there isn't a pending interrupt from i8254. |
| !reinject mode injects an interrupt as soon as a tick arrives. |
| |
| struct kvm_reinject_control { |
| __u8 pit_reinject; |
| __u8 reserved[31]; |
| }; |
| |
| pit_reinject = 0 (!reinject mode) is recommended, unless running an old |
| operating system that uses the PIT for timing (e.g. Linux 2.4.x). |
| |
| 4.100 KVM_PPC_CONFIGURE_V3_MMU |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU or KVM_CAP_PPC_HASH_MMU_V3 |
| Architectures: ppc |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_mmuv3_cfg (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, |
| -EFAULT if struct kvm_ppc_mmuv3_cfg cannot be read, |
| -EINVAL if the configuration is invalid |
| |
| This ioctl controls whether the guest will use radix or HPT (hashed |
| page table) translation, and sets the pointer to the process table for |
| the guest. |
| |
| struct kvm_ppc_mmuv3_cfg { |
| __u64 flags; |
| __u64 process_table; |
| }; |
| |
| There are two bits that can be set in flags; KVM_PPC_MMUV3_RADIX and |
| KVM_PPC_MMUV3_GTSE. KVM_PPC_MMUV3_RADIX, if set, configures the guest |
| to use radix tree translation, and if clear, to use HPT translation. |
| KVM_PPC_MMUV3_GTSE, if set and if KVM permits it, configures the guest |
| to be able to use the global TLB and SLB invalidation instructions; |
| if clear, the guest may not use these instructions. |
| |
| The process_table field specifies the address and size of the guest |
| process table, which is in the guest's space. This field is formatted |
| as the second doubleword of the partition table entry, as defined in |
| the Power ISA V3.00, Book III section 5.7.6.1. |
| |
| 4.101 KVM_PPC_GET_RMMU_INFO |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU |
| Architectures: ppc |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_rmmu_info (out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, |
| -EFAULT if struct kvm_ppc_rmmu_info cannot be written, |
| -EINVAL if no useful information can be returned |
| |
| This ioctl returns a structure containing two things: (a) a list |
| containing supported radix tree geometries, and (b) a list that maps |
| page sizes to put in the "AP" (actual page size) field for the tlbie |
| (TLB invalidate entry) instruction. |
| |
| struct kvm_ppc_rmmu_info { |
| struct kvm_ppc_radix_geom { |
| __u8 page_shift; |
| __u8 level_bits[4]; |
| __u8 pad[3]; |
| } geometries[8]; |
| __u32 ap_encodings[8]; |
| }; |
| |
| The geometries[] field gives up to 8 supported geometries for the |
| radix page table, in terms of the log base 2 of the smallest page |
| size, and the number of bits indexed at each level of the tree, from |
| the PTE level up to the PGD level in that order. Any unused entries |
| will have 0 in the page_shift field. |
| |
| The ap_encodings gives the supported page sizes and their AP field |
| encodings, encoded with the AP value in the top 3 bits and the log |
| base 2 of the page size in the bottom 6 bits. |
| |
| 4.102 KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_SPAPR_RESIZE_HPT |
| Architectures: powerpc |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt (in) |
| Returns: 0 on successful completion, |
| >0 if a new HPT is being prepared, the value is an estimated |
| number of milliseconds until preparation is complete |
| -EFAULT if struct kvm_reinject_control cannot be read, |
| -EINVAL if the supplied shift or flags are invalid |
| -ENOMEM if unable to allocate the new HPT |
| -ENOSPC if there was a hash collision when moving existing |
| HPT entries to the new HPT |
| -EIO on other error conditions |
| |
| Used to implement the PAPR extension for runtime resizing of a guest's |
| Hashed Page Table (HPT). Specifically this starts, stops or monitors |
| the preparation of a new potential HPT for the guest, essentially |
| implementing the H_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE hypercall. |
| |
| If called with shift > 0 when there is no pending HPT for the guest, |
| this begins preparation of a new pending HPT of size 2^(shift) bytes. |
| It then returns a positive integer with the estimated number of |
| milliseconds until preparation is complete. |
| |
| If called when there is a pending HPT whose size does not match that |
| requested in the parameters, discards the existing pending HPT and |
| creates a new one as above. |
| |
| If called when there is a pending HPT of the size requested, will: |
| * If preparation of the pending HPT is already complete, return 0 |
| * If preparation of the pending HPT has failed, return an error |
| code, then discard the pending HPT. |
| * If preparation of the pending HPT is still in progress, return an |
| estimated number of milliseconds until preparation is complete. |
| |
| If called with shift == 0, discards any currently pending HPT and |
| returns 0 (i.e. cancels any in-progress preparation). |
| |
| flags is reserved for future expansion, currently setting any bits in |
| flags will result in an -EINVAL. |
| |
| Normally this will be called repeatedly with the same parameters until |
| it returns <= 0. The first call will initiate preparation, subsequent |
| ones will monitor preparation until it completes or fails. |
| |
| struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt { |
| __u64 flags; |
| __u32 shift; |
| __u32 pad; |
| }; |
| |
| 4.103 KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_SPAPR_RESIZE_HPT |
| Architectures: powerpc |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt (in) |
| Returns: 0 on successful completion, |
| -EFAULT if struct kvm_reinject_control cannot be read, |
| -EINVAL if the supplied shift or flags are invalid |
| -ENXIO is there is no pending HPT, or the pending HPT doesn't |
| have the requested size |
| -EBUSY if the pending HPT is not fully prepared |
| -ENOSPC if there was a hash collision when moving existing |
| HPT entries to the new HPT |
| -EIO on other error conditions |
| |
| Used to implement the PAPR extension for runtime resizing of a guest's |
| Hashed Page Table (HPT). Specifically this requests that the guest be |
| transferred to working with the new HPT, essentially implementing the |
| H_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT hypercall. |
| |
| This should only be called after KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE has |
| returned 0 with the same parameters. In other cases |
| KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT will return an error (usually -ENXIO or |
| -EBUSY, though others may be possible if the preparation was started, |
| but failed). |
| |
| This will have undefined effects on the guest if it has not already |
| placed itself in a quiescent state where no vcpu will make MMU enabled |
| memory accesses. |
| |
| On succsful completion, the pending HPT will become the guest's active |
| HPT and the previous HPT will be discarded. |
| |
| On failure, the guest will still be operating on its previous HPT. |
| |
| struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt { |
| __u64 flags; |
| __u32 shift; |
| __u32 pad; |
| }; |
| |
| 4.104 KVM_X86_GET_MCE_CAP_SUPPORTED |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_MCE |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: system ioctl |
| Parameters: u64 mce_cap (out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Returns supported MCE capabilities. The u64 mce_cap parameter |
| has the same format as the MSR_IA32_MCG_CAP register. Supported |
| capabilities will have the corresponding bits set. |
| |
| 4.105 KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_MCE |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: u64 mcg_cap (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, |
| -EFAULT if u64 mcg_cap cannot be read, |
| -EINVAL if the requested number of banks is invalid, |
| -EINVAL if requested MCE capability is not supported. |
| |
| Initializes MCE support for use. The u64 mcg_cap parameter |
| has the same format as the MSR_IA32_MCG_CAP register and |
| specifies which capabilities should be enabled. The maximum |
| supported number of error-reporting banks can be retrieved when |
| checking for KVM_CAP_MCE. The supported capabilities can be |
| retrieved with KVM_X86_GET_MCE_CAP_SUPPORTED. |
| |
| 4.106 KVM_X86_SET_MCE |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_MCE |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: vcpu ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_x86_mce (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, |
| -EFAULT if struct kvm_x86_mce cannot be read, |
| -EINVAL if the bank number is invalid, |
| -EINVAL if VAL bit is not set in status field. |
| |
| Inject a machine check error (MCE) into the guest. The input |
| parameter is: |
| |
| struct kvm_x86_mce { |
| __u64 status; |
| __u64 addr; |
| __u64 misc; |
| __u64 mcg_status; |
| __u8 bank; |
| __u8 pad1[7]; |
| __u64 pad2[3]; |
| }; |
| |
| If the MCE being reported is an uncorrected error, KVM will |
| inject it as an MCE exception into the guest. If the guest |
| MCG_STATUS register reports that an MCE is in progress, KVM |
| causes an KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN vmexit. |
| |
| Otherwise, if the MCE is a corrected error, KVM will just |
| store it in the corresponding bank (provided this bank is |
| not holding a previously reported uncorrected error). |
| |
| 4.107 KVM_S390_GET_CMMA_BITS |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_CMMA_MIGRATION |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_s390_cmma_log (in, out) |
| Returns: 0 on success, a negative value on error |
| |
| This ioctl is used to get the values of the CMMA bits on the s390 |
| architecture. It is meant to be used in two scenarios: |
| - During live migration to save the CMMA values. Live migration needs |
| to be enabled via the KVM_REQ_START_MIGRATION VM property. |
| - To non-destructively peek at the CMMA values, with the flag |
| KVM_S390_CMMA_PEEK set. |
| |
| The ioctl takes parameters via the kvm_s390_cmma_log struct. The desired |
| values are written to a buffer whose location is indicated via the "values" |
| member in the kvm_s390_cmma_log struct. The values in the input struct are |
| also updated as needed. |
| Each CMMA value takes up one byte. |
| |
| struct kvm_s390_cmma_log { |
| __u64 start_gfn; |
| __u32 count; |
| __u32 flags; |
| union { |
| __u64 remaining; |
| __u64 mask; |
| }; |
| __u64 values; |
| }; |
| |
| start_gfn is the number of the first guest frame whose CMMA values are |
| to be retrieved, |
| |
| count is the length of the buffer in bytes, |
| |
| values points to the buffer where the result will be written to. |
| |
| If count is greater than KVM_S390_SKEYS_MAX, then it is considered to be |
| KVM_S390_SKEYS_MAX. KVM_S390_SKEYS_MAX is re-used for consistency with |
| other ioctls. |
| |
| The result is written in the buffer pointed to by the field values, and |
| the values of the input parameter are updated as follows. |
| |
| Depending on the flags, different actions are performed. The only |
| supported flag so far is KVM_S390_CMMA_PEEK. |
| |
| The default behaviour if KVM_S390_CMMA_PEEK is not set is: |
| start_gfn will indicate the first page frame whose CMMA bits were dirty. |
| It is not necessarily the same as the one passed as input, as clean pages |
| are skipped. |
| |
| count will indicate the number of bytes actually written in the buffer. |
| It can (and very often will) be smaller than the input value, since the |
| buffer is only filled until 16 bytes of clean values are found (which |
| are then not copied in the buffer). Since a CMMA migration block needs |
| the base address and the length, for a total of 16 bytes, we will send |
| back some clean data if there is some dirty data afterwards, as long as |
| the size of the clean data does not exceed the size of the header. This |
| allows to minimize the amount of data to be saved or transferred over |
| the network at the expense of more roundtrips to userspace. The next |
| invocation of the ioctl will skip over all the clean values, saving |
| potentially more than just the 16 bytes we found. |
| |
| If KVM_S390_CMMA_PEEK is set: |
| the existing storage attributes are read even when not in migration |
| mode, and no other action is performed; |
| |
| the output start_gfn will be equal to the input start_gfn, |
| |
| the output count will be equal to the input count, except if the end of |
| memory has been reached. |
| |
| In both cases: |
| the field "remaining" will indicate the total number of dirty CMMA values |
| still remaining, or 0 if KVM_S390_CMMA_PEEK is set and migration mode is |
| not enabled. |
| |
| mask is unused. |
| |
| values points to the userspace buffer where the result will be stored. |
| |
| This ioctl can fail with -ENOMEM if not enough memory can be allocated to |
| complete the task, with -ENXIO if CMMA is not enabled, with -EINVAL if |
| KVM_S390_CMMA_PEEK is not set but migration mode was not enabled, with |
| -EFAULT if the userspace address is invalid or if no page table is |
| present for the addresses (e.g. when using hugepages). |
| |
| 4.108 KVM_S390_SET_CMMA_BITS |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_CMMA_MIGRATION |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_s390_cmma_log (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success, a negative value on error |
| |
| This ioctl is used to set the values of the CMMA bits on the s390 |
| architecture. It is meant to be used during live migration to restore |
| the CMMA values, but there are no restrictions on its use. |
| The ioctl takes parameters via the kvm_s390_cmma_values struct. |
| Each CMMA value takes up one byte. |
| |
| struct kvm_s390_cmma_log { |
| __u64 start_gfn; |
| __u32 count; |
| __u32 flags; |
| union { |
| __u64 remaining; |
| __u64 mask; |
| }; |
| __u64 values; |
| }; |
| |
| start_gfn indicates the starting guest frame number, |
| |
| count indicates how many values are to be considered in the buffer, |
| |
| flags is not used and must be 0. |
| |
| mask indicates which PGSTE bits are to be considered. |
| |
| remaining is not used. |
| |
| values points to the buffer in userspace where to store the values. |
| |
| This ioctl can fail with -ENOMEM if not enough memory can be allocated to |
| complete the task, with -ENXIO if CMMA is not enabled, with -EINVAL if |
| the count field is too large (e.g. more than KVM_S390_CMMA_SIZE_MAX) or |
| if the flags field was not 0, with -EFAULT if the userspace address is |
| invalid, if invalid pages are written to (e.g. after the end of memory) |
| or if no page table is present for the addresses (e.g. when using |
| hugepages). |
| |
| 4.109 KVM_PPC_GET_CPU_CHAR |
| |
| Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_GET_CPU_CHAR |
| Architectures: powerpc |
| Type: vm ioctl |
| Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_cpu_char (out) |
| Returns: 0 on successful completion |
| -EFAULT if struct kvm_ppc_cpu_char cannot be written |
| |
| This ioctl gives userspace information about certain characteristics |
| of the CPU relating to speculative execution of instructions and |
| possible information leakage resulting from speculative execution (see |
| CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5754). The information is |
| returned in struct kvm_ppc_cpu_char, which looks like this: |
| |
| struct kvm_ppc_cpu_char { |
| __u64 character; /* characteristics of the CPU */ |
| __u64 behaviour; /* recommended software behaviour */ |
| __u64 character_mask; /* valid bits in character */ |
| __u64 behaviour_mask; /* valid bits in behaviour */ |
| }; |
| |
| For extensibility, the character_mask and behaviour_mask fields |
| indicate which bits of character and behaviour have been filled in by |
| the kernel. If the set of defined bits is extended in future then |
| userspace will be able to tell whether it is running on a kernel that |
| knows about the new bits. |
| |
| The character field describes attributes of the CPU which can help |
| with preventing inadvertent information disclosure - specifically, |
| whether there is an instruction to flash-invalidate the L1 data cache |
| (ori 30,30,0 or mtspr SPRN_TRIG2,rN), whether the L1 data cache is set |
| to a mode where entries can only be used by the thread that created |
| them, whether the bcctr[l] instruction prevents speculation, and |
| whether a speculation barrier instruction (ori 31,31,0) is provided. |
| |
| The behaviour field describes actions that software should take to |
| prevent inadvertent information disclosure, and thus describes which |
| vulnerabilities the hardware is subject to; specifically whether the |
| L1 data cache should be flushed when returning to user mode from the |
| kernel, and whether a speculation barrier should be placed between an |
| array bounds check and the array access. |
| |
| These fields use the same bit definitions as the new |
| H_GET_CPU_CHARACTERISTICS hypercall. |
| |
| 4.110 KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: system |
| Parameters: an opaque platform specific structure (in/out) |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| |
| If the platform supports creating encrypted VMs then this ioctl can be used |
| for issuing platform-specific memory encryption commands to manage those |
| encrypted VMs. |
| |
| Currently, this ioctl is used for issuing Secure Encrypted Virtualization |
| (SEV) commands on AMD Processors. The SEV commands are defined in |
| Documentation/virtual/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.txt. |
| |
| 4.111 KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_REG_REGION |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: system |
| Parameters: struct kvm_enc_region (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| |
| This ioctl can be used to register a guest memory region which may |
| contain encrypted data (e.g. guest RAM, SMRAM etc). |
| |
| It is used in the SEV-enabled guest. When encryption is enabled, a guest |
| memory region may contain encrypted data. The SEV memory encryption |
| engine uses a tweak such that two identical plaintext pages, each at |
| different locations will have differing ciphertexts. So swapping or |
| moving ciphertext of those pages will not result in plaintext being |
| swapped. So relocating (or migrating) physical backing pages for the SEV |
| guest will require some additional steps. |
| |
| Note: The current SEV key management spec does not provide commands to |
| swap or migrate (move) ciphertext pages. Hence, for now we pin the guest |
| memory region registered with the ioctl. |
| |
| 4.112 KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_UNREG_REGION |
| |
| Capability: basic |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Type: system |
| Parameters: struct kvm_enc_region (in) |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| |
| This ioctl can be used to unregister the guest memory region registered |
| with KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_REG_REGION ioctl above. |
| |
| |
| 5. The kvm_run structure |
| ------------------------ |
| |
| Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by |
| mmap()ing a vcpu fd. From that point, application code can control |
| execution by changing fields in kvm_run prior to calling the KVM_RUN |
| ioctl, and obtain information about the reason KVM_RUN returned by |
| looking up structure members. |
| |
| struct kvm_run { |
| /* in */ |
| __u8 request_interrupt_window; |
| |
| Request that KVM_RUN return when it becomes possible to inject external |
| interrupts into the guest. Useful in conjunction with KVM_INTERRUPT. |
| |
| __u8 immediate_exit; |
| |
| This field is polled once when KVM_RUN starts; if non-zero, KVM_RUN |
| exits immediately, returning -EINTR. In the common scenario where a |
| signal is used to "kick" a VCPU out of KVM_RUN, this field can be used |
| to avoid usage of KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK, which has worse scalability. |
| Rather than blocking the signal outside KVM_RUN, userspace can set up |
| a signal handler that sets run->immediate_exit to a non-zero value. |
| |
| This field is ignored if KVM_CAP_IMMEDIATE_EXIT is not available. |
| |
| __u8 padding1[6]; |
| |
| /* out */ |
| __u32 exit_reason; |
| |
| When KVM_RUN has returned successfully (return value 0), this informs |
| application code why KVM_RUN has returned. Allowable values for this |
| field are detailed below. |
| |
| __u8 ready_for_interrupt_injection; |
| |
| If request_interrupt_window has been specified, this field indicates |
| an interrupt can be injected now with KVM_INTERRUPT. |
| |
| __u8 if_flag; |
| |
| The value of the current interrupt flag. Only valid if in-kernel |
| local APIC is not used. |
| |
| __u16 flags; |
| |
| More architecture-specific flags detailing state of the VCPU that may |
| affect the device's behavior. The only currently defined flag is |
| KVM_RUN_X86_SMM, which is valid on x86 machines and is set if the |
| VCPU is in system management mode. |
| |
| /* in (pre_kvm_run), out (post_kvm_run) */ |
| __u64 cr8; |
| |
| The value of the cr8 register. Only valid if in-kernel local APIC is |
| not used. Both input and output. |
| |
| __u64 apic_base; |
| |
| The value of the APIC BASE msr. Only valid if in-kernel local |
| APIC is not used. Both input and output. |
| |
| union { |
| /* KVM_EXIT_UNKNOWN */ |
| struct { |
| __u64 hardware_exit_reason; |
| } hw; |
| |
| If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_UNKNOWN, the vcpu has exited due to unknown |
| reasons. Further architecture-specific information is available in |
| hardware_exit_reason. |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_FAIL_ENTRY */ |
| struct { |
| __u64 hardware_entry_failure_reason; |
| } fail_entry; |
| |
| If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_FAIL_ENTRY, the vcpu could not be run due |
| to unknown reasons. Further architecture-specific information is |
| available in hardware_entry_failure_reason. |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_EXCEPTION */ |
| struct { |
| __u32 exception; |
| __u32 error_code; |
| } ex; |
| |
| Unused. |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_IO */ |
| struct { |
| #define KVM_EXIT_IO_IN 0 |
| #define KVM_EXIT_IO_OUT 1 |
| __u8 direction; |
| __u8 size; /* bytes */ |
| __u16 port; |
| __u32 count; |
| __u64 data_offset; /* relative to kvm_run start */ |
| } io; |
| |
| If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_IO, then the vcpu has |
| executed a port I/O instruction which could not be satisfied by kvm. |
| data_offset describes where the data is located (KVM_EXIT_IO_OUT) or |
| where kvm expects application code to place the data for the next |
| KVM_RUN invocation (KVM_EXIT_IO_IN). Data format is a packed array. |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_DEBUG */ |
| struct { |
| struct kvm_debug_exit_arch arch; |
| } debug; |
| |
| If the exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_DEBUG, then a vcpu is processing a debug event |
| for which architecture specific information is returned. |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_MMIO */ |
| struct { |
| __u64 phys_addr; |
| __u8 data[8]; |
| __u32 len; |
| __u8 is_write; |
| } mmio; |
| |
| If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_MMIO, then the vcpu has |
| executed a memory-mapped I/O instruction which could not be satisfied |
| by kvm. The 'data' member contains the written data if 'is_write' is |
| true, and should be filled by application code otherwise. |
| |
| The 'data' member contains, in its first 'len' bytes, the value as it would |
| appear if the VCPU performed a load or store of the appropriate width directly |
| to the byte array. |
| |
| NOTE: For KVM_EXIT_IO, KVM_EXIT_MMIO, KVM_EXIT_OSI, KVM_EXIT_PAPR and |
| KVM_EXIT_EPR the corresponding |
| operations are complete (and guest state is consistent) only after userspace |
| has re-entered the kernel with KVM_RUN. The kernel side will first finish |
| incomplete operations and then check for pending signals. Userspace |
| can re-enter the guest with an unmasked signal pending to complete |
| pending operations. |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL */ |
| struct { |
| __u64 nr; |
| __u64 args[6]; |
| __u64 ret; |
| __u32 longmode; |
| __u32 pad; |
| } hypercall; |
| |
| Unused. This was once used for 'hypercall to userspace'. To implement |
| such functionality, use KVM_EXIT_IO (x86) or KVM_EXIT_MMIO (all except s390). |
| Note KVM_EXIT_IO is significantly faster than KVM_EXIT_MMIO. |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_TPR_ACCESS */ |
| struct { |
| __u64 rip; |
| __u32 is_write; |
| __u32 pad; |
| } tpr_access; |
| |
| To be documented (KVM_TPR_ACCESS_REPORTING). |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_S390_SIEIC */ |
| struct { |
| __u8 icptcode; |
| __u64 mask; /* psw upper half */ |
| __u64 addr; /* psw lower half */ |
| __u16 ipa; |
| __u32 ipb; |
| } s390_sieic; |
| |
| s390 specific. |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_S390_RESET */ |
| #define KVM_S390_RESET_POR 1 |
| #define KVM_S390_RESET_CLEAR 2 |
| #define KVM_S390_RESET_SUBSYSTEM 4 |
| #define KVM_S390_RESET_CPU_INIT 8 |
| #define KVM_S390_RESET_IPL 16 |
| __u64 s390_reset_flags; |
| |
| s390 specific. |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_S390_UCONTROL */ |
| struct { |
| __u64 trans_exc_code; |
| __u32 pgm_code; |
| } s390_ucontrol; |
| |
| s390 specific. A page fault has occurred for a user controlled virtual |
| machine (KVM_VM_S390_UNCONTROL) on it's host page table that cannot be |
| resolved by the kernel. |
| The program code and the translation exception code that were placed |
| in the cpu's lowcore are presented here as defined by the z Architecture |
| Principles of Operation Book in the Chapter for Dynamic Address Translation |
| (DAT) |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_DCR */ |
| struct { |
| __u32 dcrn; |
| __u32 data; |
| __u8 is_write; |
| } dcr; |
| |
| Deprecated - was used for 440 KVM. |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_OSI */ |
| struct { |
| __u64 gprs[32]; |
| } osi; |
| |
| MOL uses a special hypercall interface it calls 'OSI'. To enable it, we catch |
| hypercalls and exit with this exit struct that contains all the guest gprs. |
| |
| If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_OSI, then the vcpu has triggered such a hypercall. |
| Userspace can now handle the hypercall and when it's done modify the gprs as |
| necessary. Upon guest entry all guest GPRs will then be replaced by the values |
| in this struct. |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_PAPR_HCALL */ |
| struct { |
| __u64 nr; |
| __u64 ret; |
| __u64 args[9]; |
| } papr_hcall; |
| |
| This is used on 64-bit PowerPC when emulating a pSeries partition, |
| e.g. with the 'pseries' machine type in qemu. It occurs when the |
| guest does a hypercall using the 'sc 1' instruction. The 'nr' field |
| contains the hypercall number (from the guest R3), and 'args' contains |
| the arguments (from the guest R4 - R12). Userspace should put the |
| return code in 'ret' and any extra returned values in args[]. |
| The possible hypercalls are defined in the Power Architecture Platform |
| Requirements (PAPR) document available from www.power.org (free |
| developer registration required to access it). |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_S390_TSCH */ |
| struct { |
| __u16 subchannel_id; |
| __u16 subchannel_nr; |
| __u32 io_int_parm; |
| __u32 io_int_word; |
| __u32 ipb; |
| __u8 dequeued; |
| } s390_tsch; |
| |
| s390 specific. This exit occurs when KVM_CAP_S390_CSS_SUPPORT has been enabled |
| and TEST SUBCHANNEL was intercepted. If dequeued is set, a pending I/O |
| interrupt for the target subchannel has been dequeued and subchannel_id, |
| subchannel_nr, io_int_parm and io_int_word contain the parameters for that |
| interrupt. ipb is needed for instruction parameter decoding. |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_EPR */ |
| struct { |
| __u32 epr; |
| } epr; |
| |
| On FSL BookE PowerPC chips, the interrupt controller has a fast patch |
| interrupt acknowledge path to the core. When the core successfully |
| delivers an interrupt, it automatically populates the EPR register with |
| the interrupt vector number and acknowledges the interrupt inside |
| the interrupt controller. |
| |
| In case the interrupt controller lives in user space, we need to do |
| the interrupt acknowledge cycle through it to fetch the next to be |
| delivered interrupt vector using this exit. |
| |
| It gets triggered whenever both KVM_CAP_PPC_EPR are enabled and an |
| external interrupt has just been delivered into the guest. User space |
| should put the acknowledged interrupt vector into the 'epr' field. |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT */ |
| struct { |
| #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN 1 |
| #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_RESET 2 |
| #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_CRASH 3 |
| __u32 type; |
| __u64 flags; |
| } system_event; |
| |
| If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT then the vcpu has triggered |
| a system-level event using some architecture specific mechanism (hypercall |
| or some special instruction). In case of ARM/ARM64, this is triggered using |
| HVC instruction based PSCI call from the vcpu. The 'type' field describes |
| the system-level event type. The 'flags' field describes architecture |
| specific flags for the system-level event. |
| |
| Valid values for 'type' are: |
| KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN -- the guest has requested a shutdown of the |
| VM. Userspace is not obliged to honour this, and if it does honour |
| this does not need to destroy the VM synchronously (ie it may call |
| KVM_RUN again before shutdown finally occurs). |
| KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_RESET -- the guest has requested a reset of the VM. |
| As with SHUTDOWN, userspace can choose to ignore the request, or |
| to schedule the reset to occur in the future and may call KVM_RUN again. |
| KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_CRASH -- the guest crash occurred and the guest |
| has requested a crash condition maintenance. Userspace can choose |
| to ignore the request, or to gather VM memory core dump and/or |
| reset/shutdown of the VM. |
| |
| /* KVM_EXIT_IOAPIC_EOI */ |
| struct { |
| __u8 vector; |
| } eoi; |
| |
| Indicates that the VCPU's in-kernel local APIC received an EOI for a |
| level-triggered IOAPIC interrupt. This exit only triggers when the |
| IOAPIC is implemented in userspace (i.e. KVM_CAP_SPLIT_IRQCHIP is enabled); |
| the userspace IOAPIC should process the EOI and retrigger the interrupt if |
| it is still asserted. Vector is the LAPIC interrupt vector for which the |
| EOI was received. |
| |
| struct kvm_hyperv_exit { |
| #define KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_SYNIC 1 |
| #define KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_HCALL 2 |
| __u32 type; |
| union { |
| struct { |
| __u32 msr; |
| __u64 control; |
| __u64 evt_page; |
| __u64 msg_page; |
| } synic; |
| struct { |
| __u64 input; |
| __u64 result; |
| __u64 params[2]; |
| } hcall; |
| } u; |
| }; |
| /* KVM_EXIT_HYPERV */ |
| struct kvm_hyperv_exit hyperv; |
| Indicates that the VCPU exits into userspace to process some tasks |
| related to Hyper-V emulation. |
| Valid values for 'type' are: |
| KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_SYNIC -- synchronously notify user-space about |
| Hyper-V SynIC state change. Notification is used to remap SynIC |
| event/message pages and to enable/disable SynIC messages/events processing |
| in userspace. |
| |
| /* Fix the size of the union. */ |
| char padding[256]; |
| }; |
| |
| /* |
| * shared registers between kvm and userspace. |
| * kvm_valid_regs specifies the register classes set by the host |
| * kvm_dirty_regs specified the register classes dirtied by userspace |
| * struct kvm_sync_regs is architecture specific, as well as the |
| * bits for kvm_valid_regs and kvm_dirty_regs |
| */ |
| __u64 kvm_valid_regs; |
| __u64 kvm_dirty_regs; |
| union { |
| struct kvm_sync_regs regs; |
| char padding[1024]; |
| } s; |
| |
| If KVM_CAP_SYNC_REGS is defined, these fields allow userspace to access |
| certain guest registers without having to call SET/GET_*REGS. Thus we can |
| avoid some system call overhead if userspace has to handle the exit. |
| Userspace can query the validity of the structure by checking |
| kvm_valid_regs for specific bits. These bits are architecture specific |
| and usually define the validity of a groups of registers. (e.g. one bit |
| for general purpose registers) |
| |
| Please note that the kernel is allowed to use the kvm_run structure as the |
| primary storage for certain register types. Therefore, the kernel may use the |
| values in kvm_run even if the corresponding bit in kvm_dirty_regs is not set. |
| |
| }; |
| |
| |
| |
| 6. Capabilities that can be enabled on vCPUs |
| -------------------------------------------- |
| |
| There are certain capabilities that change the behavior of the virtual CPU or |
| the virtual machine when enabled. To enable them, please see section 4.37. |
| Below you can find a list of capabilities and what their effect on the vCPU or |
| the virtual machine is when enabling them. |
| |
| The following information is provided along with the description: |
| |
| Architectures: which instruction set architectures provide this ioctl. |
| x86 includes both i386 and x86_64. |
| |
| Target: whether this is a per-vcpu or per-vm capability. |
| |
| Parameters: what parameters are accepted by the capability. |
| |
| Returns: the return value. General error numbers (EBADF, ENOMEM, EINVAL) |
| are not detailed, but errors with specific meanings are. |
| |
| |
| 6.1 KVM_CAP_PPC_OSI |
| |
| Architectures: ppc |
| Target: vcpu |
| Parameters: none |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| |
| This capability enables interception of OSI hypercalls that otherwise would |
| be treated as normal system calls to be injected into the guest. OSI hypercalls |
| were invented by Mac-on-Linux to have a standardized communication mechanism |
| between the guest and the host. |
| |
| When this capability is enabled, KVM_EXIT_OSI can occur. |
| |
| |
| 6.2 KVM_CAP_PPC_PAPR |
| |
| Architectures: ppc |
| Target: vcpu |
| Parameters: none |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| |
| This capability enables interception of PAPR hypercalls. PAPR hypercalls are |
| done using the hypercall instruction "sc 1". |
| |
| It also sets the guest privilege level to "supervisor" mode. Usually the guest |
| runs in "hypervisor" privilege mode with a few missing features. |
| |
| In addition to the above, it changes the semantics of SDR1. In this mode, the |
| HTAB address part of SDR1 contains an HVA instead of a GPA, as PAPR keeps the |
| HTAB invisible to the guest. |
| |
| When this capability is enabled, KVM_EXIT_PAPR_HCALL can occur. |
| |
| |
| 6.3 KVM_CAP_SW_TLB |
| |
| Architectures: ppc |
| Target: vcpu |
| Parameters: args[0] is the address of a struct kvm_config_tlb |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| |
| struct kvm_config_tlb { |
| __u64 params; |
| __u64 array; |
| __u32 mmu_type; |
| __u32 array_len; |
| }; |
| |
| Configures the virtual CPU's TLB array, establishing a shared memory area |
| between userspace and KVM. The "params" and "array" fields are userspace |
| addresses of mmu-type-specific data structures. The "array_len" field is an |
| safety mechanism, and should be set to the size in bytes of the memory that |
| userspace has reserved for the array. It must be at least the size dictated |
| by "mmu_type" and "params". |
| |
| While KVM_RUN is active, the shared region is under control of KVM. Its |
| contents are undefined, and any modification by userspace results in |
| boundedly undefined behavior. |
| |
| On return from KVM_RUN, the shared region will reflect the current state of |
| the guest's TLB. If userspace makes any changes, it must call KVM_DIRTY_TLB |
| to tell KVM which entries have been changed, prior to calling KVM_RUN again |
| on this vcpu. |
| |
| For mmu types KVM_MMU_FSL_BOOKE_NOHV and KVM_MMU_FSL_BOOKE_HV: |
| - The "params" field is of type "struct kvm_book3e_206_tlb_params". |
| - The "array" field points to an array of type "struct |
| kvm_book3e_206_tlb_entry". |
| - The array consists of all entries in the first TLB, followed by all |
| entries in the second TLB. |
| - Within a TLB, entries are ordered first by increasing set number. Within a |
| set, entries are ordered by way (increasing ESEL). |
| - The hash for determining set number in TLB0 is: (MAS2 >> 12) & (num_sets - 1) |
| where "num_sets" is the tlb_sizes[] value divided by the tlb_ways[] value. |
| - The tsize field of mas1 shall be set to 4K on TLB0, even though the |
| hardware ignores this value for TLB0. |
| |
| 6.4 KVM_CAP_S390_CSS_SUPPORT |
| |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Target: vcpu |
| Parameters: none |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| |
| This capability enables support for handling of channel I/O instructions. |
| |
| TEST PENDING INTERRUPTION and the interrupt portion of TEST SUBCHANNEL are |
| handled in-kernel, while the other I/O instructions are passed to userspace. |
| |
| When this capability is enabled, KVM_EXIT_S390_TSCH will occur on TEST |
| SUBCHANNEL intercepts. |
| |
| Note that even though this capability is enabled per-vcpu, the complete |
| virtual machine is affected. |
| |
| 6.5 KVM_CAP_PPC_EPR |
| |
| Architectures: ppc |
| Target: vcpu |
| Parameters: args[0] defines whether the proxy facility is active |
| Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error |
| |
| This capability enables or disables the delivery of interrupts through the |
| external proxy facility. |
| |
| When enabled (args[0] != 0), every time the guest gets an external interrupt |
| delivered, it automatically exits into user space with a KVM_EXIT_EPR exit |
| to receive the topmost interrupt vector. |
| |
| When disabled (args[0] == 0), behavior is as if this facility is unsupported. |
| |
| When this capability is enabled, KVM_EXIT_EPR can occur. |
| |
| 6.6 KVM_CAP_IRQ_MPIC |
| |
| Architectures: ppc |
| Parameters: args[0] is the MPIC device fd |
| args[1] is the MPIC CPU number for this vcpu |
| |
| This capability connects the vcpu to an in-kernel MPIC device. |
| |
| 6.7 KVM_CAP_IRQ_XICS |
| |
| Architectures: ppc |
| Target: vcpu |
| Parameters: args[0] is the XICS device fd |
| args[1] is the XICS CPU number (server ID) for this vcpu |
| |
| This capability connects the vcpu to an in-kernel XICS device. |
| |
| 6.8 KVM_CAP_S390_IRQCHIP |
| |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Target: vm |
| Parameters: none |
| |
| This capability enables the in-kernel irqchip for s390. Please refer to |
| "4.24 KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP" for details. |
| |
| 6.9 KVM_CAP_MIPS_FPU |
| |
| Architectures: mips |
| Target: vcpu |
| Parameters: args[0] is reserved for future use (should be 0). |
| |
| This capability allows the use of the host Floating Point Unit by the guest. It |
| allows the Config1.FP bit to be set to enable the FPU in the guest. Once this is |
| done the KVM_REG_MIPS_FPR_* and KVM_REG_MIPS_FCR_* registers can be accessed |
| (depending on the current guest FPU register mode), and the Status.FR, |
| Config5.FRE bits are accessible via the KVM API and also from the guest, |
| depending on them being supported by the FPU. |
| |
| 6.10 KVM_CAP_MIPS_MSA |
| |
| Architectures: mips |
| Target: vcpu |
| Parameters: args[0] is reserved for future use (should be 0). |
| |
| This capability allows the use of the MIPS SIMD Architecture (MSA) by the guest. |
| It allows the Config3.MSAP bit to be set to enable the use of MSA by the guest. |
| Once this is done the KVM_REG_MIPS_VEC_* and KVM_REG_MIPS_MSA_* registers can be |
| accessed, and the Config5.MSAEn bit is accessible via the KVM API and also from |
| the guest. |
| |
| 7. Capabilities that can be enabled on VMs |
| ------------------------------------------ |
| |
| There are certain capabilities that change the behavior of the virtual |
| machine when enabled. To enable them, please see section 4.37. Below |
| you can find a list of capabilities and what their effect on the VM |
| is when enabling them. |
| |
| The following information is provided along with the description: |
| |
| Architectures: which instruction set architectures provide this ioctl. |
| x86 includes both i386 and x86_64. |
| |
| Parameters: what parameters are accepted by the capability. |
| |
| Returns: the return value. General error numbers (EBADF, ENOMEM, EINVAL) |
| are not detailed, but errors with specific meanings are. |
| |
| |
| 7.1 KVM_CAP_PPC_ENABLE_HCALL |
| |
| Architectures: ppc |
| Parameters: args[0] is the sPAPR hcall number |
| args[1] is 0 to disable, 1 to enable in-kernel handling |
| |
| This capability controls whether individual sPAPR hypercalls (hcalls) |
| get handled by the kernel or not. Enabling or disabling in-kernel |
| handling of an hcall is effective across the VM. On creation, an |
| initial set of hcalls are enabled for in-kernel handling, which |
| consists of those hcalls for which in-kernel handlers were implemented |
| before this capability was implemented. If disabled, the kernel will |
| not to attempt to handle the hcall, but will always exit to userspace |
| to handle it. Note that it may not make sense to enable some and |
| disable others of a group of related hcalls, but KVM does not prevent |
| userspace from doing that. |
| |
| If the hcall number specified is not one that has an in-kernel |
| implementation, the KVM_ENABLE_CAP ioctl will fail with an EINVAL |
| error. |
| |
| 7.2 KVM_CAP_S390_USER_SIGP |
| |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Parameters: none |
| |
| This capability controls which SIGP orders will be handled completely in user |
| space. With this capability enabled, all fast orders will be handled completely |
| in the kernel: |
| - SENSE |
| - SENSE RUNNING |
| - EXTERNAL CALL |
| - EMERGENCY SIGNAL |
| - CONDITIONAL EMERGENCY SIGNAL |
| |
| All other orders will be handled completely in user space. |
| |
| Only privileged operation exceptions will be checked for in the kernel (or even |
| in the hardware prior to interception). If this capability is not enabled, the |
| old way of handling SIGP orders is used (partially in kernel and user space). |
| |
| 7.3 KVM_CAP_S390_VECTOR_REGISTERS |
| |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Parameters: none |
| Returns: 0 on success, negative value on error |
| |
| Allows use of the vector registers introduced with z13 processor, and |
| provides for the synchronization between host and user space. Will |
| return -EINVAL if the machine does not support vectors. |
| |
| 7.4 KVM_CAP_S390_USER_STSI |
| |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Parameters: none |
| |
| This capability allows post-handlers for the STSI instruction. After |
| initial handling in the kernel, KVM exits to user space with |
| KVM_EXIT_S390_STSI to allow user space to insert further data. |
| |
| Before exiting to userspace, kvm handlers should fill in s390_stsi field of |
| vcpu->run: |
| struct { |
| __u64 addr; |
| __u8 ar; |
| __u8 reserved; |
| __u8 fc; |
| __u8 sel1; |
| __u16 sel2; |
| } s390_stsi; |
| |
| @addr - guest address of STSI SYSIB |
| @fc - function code |
| @sel1 - selector 1 |
| @sel2 - selector 2 |
| @ar - access register number |
| |
| KVM handlers should exit to userspace with rc = -EREMOTE. |
| |
| 7.5 KVM_CAP_SPLIT_IRQCHIP |
| |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Parameters: args[0] - number of routes reserved for userspace IOAPICs |
| Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error |
| |
| Create a local apic for each processor in the kernel. This can be used |
| instead of KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP if the userspace VMM wishes to emulate the |
| IOAPIC and PIC (and also the PIT, even though this has to be enabled |
| separately). |
| |
| This capability also enables in kernel routing of interrupt requests; |
| when KVM_CAP_SPLIT_IRQCHIP only routes of KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI type are |
| used in the IRQ routing table. The first args[0] MSI routes are reserved |
| for the IOAPIC pins. Whenever the LAPIC receives an EOI for these routes, |
| a KVM_EXIT_IOAPIC_EOI vmexit will be reported to userspace. |
| |
| Fails if VCPU has already been created, or if the irqchip is already in the |
| kernel (i.e. KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP has already been called). |
| |
| 7.6 KVM_CAP_S390_RI |
| |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Parameters: none |
| |
| Allows use of runtime-instrumentation introduced with zEC12 processor. |
| Will return -EINVAL if the machine does not support runtime-instrumentation. |
| Will return -EBUSY if a VCPU has already been created. |
| |
| 7.7 KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API |
| |
| Architectures: x86 |
| Parameters: args[0] - features that should be enabled |
| Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when args[0] contains invalid features |
| |
| Valid feature flags in args[0] are |
| |
| #define KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS (1ULL << 0) |
| #define KVM_X2APIC_API_DISABLE_BROADCAST_QUIRK (1ULL << 1) |
| |
| Enabling KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS changes the behavior of |
| KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING, KVM_SIGNAL_MSI, KVM_SET_LAPIC, and KVM_GET_LAPIC, |
| allowing the use of 32-bit APIC IDs. See KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API in their |
| respective sections. |
| |
| KVM_X2APIC_API_DISABLE_BROADCAST_QUIRK must be enabled for x2APIC to work |
| in logical mode or with more than 255 VCPUs. Otherwise, KVM treats 0xff |
| as a broadcast even in x2APIC mode in order to support physical x2APIC |
| without interrupt remapping. This is undesirable in logical mode, |
| where 0xff represents CPUs 0-7 in cluster 0. |
| |
| 7.8 KVM_CAP_S390_USER_INSTR0 |
| |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Parameters: none |
| |
| With this capability enabled, all illegal instructions 0x0000 (2 bytes) will |
| be intercepted and forwarded to user space. User space can use this |
| mechanism e.g. to realize 2-byte software breakpoints. The kernel will |
| not inject an operating exception for these instructions, user space has |
| to take care of that. |
| |
| This capability can be enabled dynamically even if VCPUs were already |
| created and are running. |
| |
| 7.9 KVM_CAP_S390_GS |
| |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Parameters: none |
| Returns: 0 on success; -EINVAL if the machine does not support |
| guarded storage; -EBUSY if a VCPU has already been created. |
| |
| Allows use of guarded storage for the KVM guest. |
| |
| 7.10 KVM_CAP_S390_AIS |
| |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Parameters: none |
| |
| Allow use of adapter-interruption suppression. |
| Returns: 0 on success; -EBUSY if a VCPU has already been created. |
| |
| 7.11 KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT |
| |
| Architectures: ppc |
| Parameters: vsmt_mode, flags |
| |
| Enabling this capability on a VM provides userspace with a way to set |
| the desired virtual SMT mode (i.e. the number of virtual CPUs per |
| virtual core). The virtual SMT mode, vsmt_mode, must be a power of 2 |
| between 1 and 8. On POWER8, vsmt_mode must also be no greater than |
| the number of threads per subcore for the host. Currently flags must |
| be 0. A successful call to enable this capability will result in |
| vsmt_mode being returned when the KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT capability is |
| subsequently queried for the VM. This capability is only supported by |
| HV KVM, and can only be set before any VCPUs have been created. |
| The KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT_POSSIBLE capability indicates which virtual SMT |
| modes are available. |
| |
| 7.12 KVM_CAP_PPC_FWNMI |
| |
| Architectures: ppc |
| Parameters: none |
| |
| With this capability a machine check exception in the guest address |
| space will cause KVM to exit the guest with NMI exit reason. This |
| enables QEMU to build error log and branch to guest kernel registered |
| machine check handling routine. Without this capability KVM will |
| branch to guests' 0x200 interrupt vector. |
| |
| 8. Other capabilities. |
| ---------------------- |
| |
| This section lists capabilities that give information about other |
| features of the KVM implementation. |
| |
| 8.1 KVM_CAP_PPC_HWRNG |
| |
| Architectures: ppc |
| |
| This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is |
| available, means that that the kernel has an implementation of the |
| H_RANDOM hypercall backed by a hardware random-number generator. |
| If present, the kernel H_RANDOM handler can be enabled for guest use |
| with the KVM_CAP_PPC_ENABLE_HCALL capability. |
| |
| 8.2 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC |
| |
| Architectures: x86 |
| This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is |
| available, means that that the kernel has an implementation of the |
| Hyper-V Synthetic interrupt controller(SynIC). Hyper-V SynIC is |
| used to support Windows Hyper-V based guest paravirt drivers(VMBus). |
| |
| In order to use SynIC, it has to be activated by setting this |
| capability via KVM_ENABLE_CAP ioctl on the vcpu fd. Note that this |
| will disable the use of APIC hardware virtualization even if supported |
| by the CPU, as it's incompatible with SynIC auto-EOI behavior. |
| |
| 8.3 KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU |
| |
| Architectures: ppc |
| |
| This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is |
| available, means that that the kernel can support guests using the |
| radix MMU defined in Power ISA V3.00 (as implemented in the POWER9 |
| processor). |
| |
| 8.4 KVM_CAP_PPC_HASH_MMU_V3 |
| |
| Architectures: ppc |
| |
| This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is |
| available, means that that the kernel can support guests using the |
| hashed page table MMU defined in Power ISA V3.00 (as implemented in |
| the POWER9 processor), including in-memory segment tables. |
| |
| 8.5 KVM_CAP_MIPS_VZ |
| |
| Architectures: mips |
| |
| This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION on the main kvm handle indicates that |
| it is available, means that full hardware assisted virtualization capabilities |
| of the hardware are available for use through KVM. An appropriate |
| KVM_VM_MIPS_* type must be passed to KVM_CREATE_VM to create a VM which |
| utilises it. |
| |
| If KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION on a kvm VM handle indicates that this capability is |
| available, it means that the VM is using full hardware assisted virtualization |
| capabilities of the hardware. This is useful to check after creating a VM with |
| KVM_VM_MIPS_DEFAULT. |
| |
| The value returned by KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION should be compared against known |
| values (see below). All other values are reserved. This is to allow for the |
| possibility of other hardware assisted virtualization implementations which |
| may be incompatible with the MIPS VZ ASE. |
| |
| 0: The trap & emulate implementation is in use to run guest code in user |
| mode. Guest virtual memory segments are rearranged to fit the guest in the |
| user mode address space. |
| |
| 1: The MIPS VZ ASE is in use, providing full hardware assisted |
| virtualization, including standard guest virtual memory segments. |
| |
| 8.6 KVM_CAP_MIPS_TE |
| |
| Architectures: mips |
| |
| This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION on the main kvm handle indicates that |
| it is available, means that the trap & emulate implementation is available to |
| run guest code in user mode, even if KVM_CAP_MIPS_VZ indicates that hardware |
| assisted virtualisation is also available. KVM_VM_MIPS_TE (0) must be passed |
| to KVM_CREATE_VM to create a VM which utilises it. |
| |
| If KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION on a kvm VM handle indicates that this capability is |
| available, it means that the VM is using trap & emulate. |
| |
| 8.7 KVM_CAP_MIPS_64BIT |
| |
| Architectures: mips |
| |
| This capability indicates the supported architecture type of the guest, i.e. the |
| supported register and address width. |
| |
| The values returned when this capability is checked by KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION on a |
| kvm VM handle correspond roughly to the CP0_Config.AT register field, and should |
| be checked specifically against known values (see below). All other values are |
| reserved. |
| |
| 0: MIPS32 or microMIPS32. |
| Both registers and addresses are 32-bits wide. |
| It will only be possible to run 32-bit guest code. |
| |
| 1: MIPS64 or microMIPS64 with access only to 32-bit compatibility segments. |
| Registers are 64-bits wide, but addresses are 32-bits wide. |
| 64-bit guest code may run but cannot access MIPS64 memory segments. |
| It will also be possible to run 32-bit guest code. |
| |
| 2: MIPS64 or microMIPS64 with access to all address segments. |
| Both registers and addresses are 64-bits wide. |
| It will be possible to run 64-bit or 32-bit guest code. |
| |
| 8.8 KVM_CAP_X86_GUEST_MWAIT |
| |
| Architectures: x86 |
| |
| This capability indicates that guest using memory monotoring instructions |
| (MWAIT/MWAITX) to stop the virtual CPU will not cause a VM exit. As such time |
| spent while virtual CPU is halted in this way will then be accounted for as |
| guest running time on the host (as opposed to e.g. HLT). |
| |
| 8.9 KVM_CAP_ARM_USER_IRQ |
| |
| Architectures: arm, arm64 |
| This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is available, means |
| that if userspace creates a VM without an in-kernel interrupt controller, it |
| will be notified of changes to the output level of in-kernel emulated devices, |
| which can generate virtual interrupts, presented to the VM. |
| For such VMs, on every return to userspace, the kernel |
| updates the vcpu's run->s.regs.device_irq_level field to represent the actual |
| output level of the device. |
| |
| Whenever kvm detects a change in the device output level, kvm guarantees at |
| least one return to userspace before running the VM. This exit could either |
| be a KVM_EXIT_INTR or any other exit event, like KVM_EXIT_MMIO. This way, |
| userspace can always sample the device output level and re-compute the state of |
| the userspace interrupt controller. Userspace should always check the state |
| of run->s.regs.device_irq_level on every kvm exit. |
| The value in run->s.regs.device_irq_level can represent both level and edge |
| triggered interrupt signals, depending on the device. Edge triggered interrupt |
| signals will exit to userspace with the bit in run->s.regs.device_irq_level |
| set exactly once per edge signal. |
| |
| The field run->s.regs.device_irq_level is available independent of |
| run->kvm_valid_regs or run->kvm_dirty_regs bits. |
| |
| If KVM_CAP_ARM_USER_IRQ is supported, the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl returns a |
| number larger than 0 indicating the version of this capability is implemented |
| and thereby which bits in in run->s.regs.device_irq_level can signal values. |
| |
| Currently the following bits are defined for the device_irq_level bitmap: |
| |
| KVM_CAP_ARM_USER_IRQ >= 1: |
| |
| KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_VTIMER - EL1 virtual timer |
| KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_PTIMER - EL1 physical timer |
| KVM_ARM_DEV_PMU - ARM PMU overflow interrupt signal |
| |
| Future versions of kvm may implement additional events. These will get |
| indicated by returning a higher number from KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION and will be |
| listed above. |
| |
| 8.10 KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT_POSSIBLE |
| |
| Architectures: ppc |
| |
| Querying this capability returns a bitmap indicating the possible |
| virtual SMT modes that can be set using KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT. If bit N |
| (counting from the right) is set, then a virtual SMT mode of 2^N is |
| available. |
| |
| 8.11 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC2 |
| |
| Architectures: x86 |
| |
| This capability enables a newer version of Hyper-V Synthetic interrupt |
| controller (SynIC). The only difference with KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC is that KVM |
| doesn't clear SynIC message and event flags pages when they are enabled by |
| writing to the respective MSRs. |
| |
| 8.12 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_VP_INDEX |
| |
| Architectures: x86 |
| |
| This capability indicates that userspace can load HV_X64_MSR_VP_INDEX msr. Its |
| value is used to denote the target vcpu for a SynIC interrupt. For |
| compatibilty, KVM initializes this msr to KVM's internal vcpu index. When this |
| capability is absent, userspace can still query this msr's value. |
| |
| 8.13 KVM_CAP_S390_AIS_MIGRATION |
| |
| Architectures: s390 |
| Parameters: none |
| |
| This capability indicates if the flic device will be able to get/set the |
| AIS states for migration via the KVM_DEV_FLIC_AISM_ALL attribute and allows |
| to discover this without having to create a flic device. |